The Diaries of Edward Lee Hicks Bishop of Lincoln 1910-1919

Bishop Edward Lee Hicks' diary offers an honest picture of the daily life of a bishop in the period immediately before and during the first world war, a portrait of church and society in a largely rural diocese in the last phase before the radical transformation which the `Great War' hastened. The diary presents a largely church-centred picture; but it is also valuable as a personal view of such matters as Lincolnshire social life including the impact of war on the county, conditions of travel at the beginning of the era of the motor car, characteristics of the clergy, and frequent comment on items of archaeological and antiquarian interest.Canon GRAHAM NEVILLEwas Canon and Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral from 1982-1987.

Reviews

This private diary offers a fascinating glimpse of the day-to-day life of a bishop in the early decades of the twentieth century... Illuminating and helpful...a very useful source for the history of the early twentieth-century Church of England. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

Details

First Published: 01 Jul 1993
13 Digit ISBN: 9780901503558
Pages: 303
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
Binding: Hardback
Imprint: Lincoln Record Society
Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
Subject: History of Religion
BIC Class: HRAX

Details updated on 07 Feb 2012