National Thanksgivings and Ideas of Britain, 1689–1816

Notes on elements of the text List of general thanksgiving days Introduction Sermons and thanksgiving-day sermons in the long eighteenth century Thanksgiving-day sermons - purposes and meanings 'The Palladium of our Safety' - Providence and Britain Political theory and principles 'This Carping Age' - the politics of unity and discord War Costs of war and consequences of peace Commerce and Empire Anglicanism, dissent, anti-Catholicism, and infidelity Others and Britons Conclusion Appendix A: Preachers' and sermon details Appendix B: Denominational breakdown of thanksgiving-day-preachers Appendix C: Main scriptural texts used for thanksgiving-day sermons Bibliography of primary sources: Thanksgiving-day sermons - by date preached Bibliography of secondary sources