Re-formation in Action: Liberty in a Wesleyan Spirit and Praxis—The Tolpuddle Martyrs, Part II

ABSTRACT This article (in two parts) focuses on Methodist agricultural labourers who founded one of the first British trade unions in 1833. Six of them, including three Methodist local preachers, were convicted of taking an unlawful oath on joining the union. In consequence, they were sentenced to s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Wesley And Methodist Studies. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019. - 12(2020), 2, Seite 109-130
1. Verfasser: Schuler, Ulrike (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Wesley And Methodist Studies
Schlagworte:Tolpuddle Martyrs liberty justice agricultural labourers trade unions George Loveless lay preachers Methodism