Philip Williamson's Outputs (41)

The Creation of State Anniversaries: James VI and I and the Politics of Thanksgiving (2024)
Journal Article
Williamson, P., & Mears, N. (online). The Creation of State Anniversaries: James VI and I and the Politics of Thanksgiving. The English Historical Review, Article ceae205. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceae205

Religious anniversaries ordered by the state—by the monarch, royal council or parliament—were observed in England and Ireland from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. These have been studied chiefly as occasions for special sermons and popul... Read More about The Creation of State Anniversaries: James VI and I and the Politics of Thanksgiving.

Baldwin and a united nation (2023)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2023). Baldwin and a united nation. Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 28(1), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.4000/rfcb.10248

Hensley Henson and the appointment of bishops: state, church and nation in England, 1917–1920 and Beyond (2023)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2023). Hensley Henson and the appointment of bishops: state, church and nation in England, 1917–1920 and Beyond. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 74(2), 325-348. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046922002032

The nomination of Hensley Henson as bishop of Hereford in 1917 provoked a famous ecclesiastical controversy, the ‘Hereford scandal’, which threatened a split within the Church of England and a crisis between the Church and the State. The point of con... Read More about Hensley Henson and the appointment of bishops: state, church and nation in England, 1917–1920 and Beyond.

The Church of England and constitutional reform: the Enabling Act in British politics and English religion, 1913–1928 (2023)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2023). The Church of England and constitutional reform: the Enabling Act in British politics and English religion, 1913–1928. Journal of British Studies, 62(2), 445-475. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2022.174

In 1919, a parliamentary act reconstructed the relations between the British state and the Church of England. The passage of this act had considerable constitutional, political, ecclesiastical, and religious significance, and it is best understood by... Read More about The Church of England and constitutional reform: the Enabling Act in British politics and English religion, 1913–1928.

Special acts of worship in Anglo-Jewry 1700-1970 (2022)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2022). Special acts of worship in Anglo-Jewry 1700-1970. Jewish Historical Studies: Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England, 53(1), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.jhs.2022v53.002

Winston Churchill and ‘ye men of valour’: sources and corrections (2021)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2021). Winston Churchill and ‘ye men of valour’: sources and corrections. Notes & Queries, 68(3), 359-361. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjab130

Churchill and the churches (2021)
Other
Williamson, P. (2021). Churchill and the churches

The Prayer Book and pandemics (2021)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2021). The Prayer Book and pandemics

Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill: a study in contrasts (2020)
Other
Williamson, P. (2020). Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill: a study in contrasts

The Church of England and British Politics since 1900 (2020)
Book
Rodger, T., Williamson, P., & Grimley, M. (Eds.). (2020). The Church of England and British Politics since 1900. Boydell & Brewer

Wars, famines - and pandemics (2020)
Other
Williamson, P. (2020). Wars, famines - and pandemics

James I and Gunpowder treason day (2020)
Journal Article
Williamson, P., & Mears, N. (2021). James I and Gunpowder treason day. Historical Journal, 64(2), 185-210. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x20000497

The assumed source of the annual early-modern English commemoration of Gunpowder treason day on 5 November – and its modern legacy, ‘Guy Fawkes day’ or ‘Bonfire night’ – has been an act of parliament in 1606. This article reveals the existence of ear... Read More about James I and Gunpowder treason day.

National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 3: Worship for national and royal occasions in the United Kingdom, 1871-2016 (2020)
Book
Williamson, P., Taylor, S., Raffe, A., & Mears, N. (2020). National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 3: Worship for national and royal occasions in the United Kingdom, 1871-2016

The third of four volumes, containing the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship including the development of national days of prayer during the two world wars,and a proliferation... Read More about National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 3: Worship for national and royal occasions in the United Kingdom, 1871-2016.

The ‘holy days’ of Queen Elizabeth I (2020)
Journal Article
Mears, N., & Williamson, P. (2020). The ‘holy days’ of Queen Elizabeth I. History, 105(365), 201-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229x.12971

The annual celebrations of the accession day and birthday of Queen Elizabeth I are a familiar subject in studies of her reign, yet their beginnings, status and purpose have remained uncertain. By examining revisions of the calendar of the Church of E... Read More about The ‘holy days’ of Queen Elizabeth I.

Archbishops and the monarchy: leadership in British religion, 1900–2012 (2020)
Book Chapter
Williamson, P. (2020). Archbishops and the monarchy: leadership in British religion, 1900–2012. In T. Rodger, P. Williamson, & M. Grimley (Eds.), The Church of England and British Politics since 1900 (57-79). Boydell & Brewer

The Church of England, the British state and British politics during the twentieth century (2020)
Book Chapter
Grimley, M., & Williamson, P. (2020). The Church of England, the British state and British politics during the twentieth century. In T. Rodger, P. Williamson, & M. Grimley (Eds.), The Church of England and British Politics since 1900 (1-35). Boydell & Brewer

‘Special worship in the British Empire: from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries’ (2018)
Journal Article
Hardwick, J., & Williamson, P. (2018). ‘Special worship in the British Empire: from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries’. Studies in Church History, 54, 260-280. https://doi.org/10.1017/stc.2017.14

Across the British empire, public worship was important for sustaining a sense of community and connectedness. This was most evident in special acts of worship, when the peoples of imperial territories, and sometimes of the whole empire, were asked a... Read More about ‘Special worship in the British Empire: from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries’.

National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 2: General Fasts, Thanksgivings and Special Prayers in the British Isles, 1689-1870 (2017)
Book
Williamson, P., Raffe, A., Taylor, S., & Mears, N. (2017). National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 2: General Fasts, Thanksgivings and Special Prayers in the British Isles, 1689-1870

The second of four volumes containing the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship and for each of the annual commemorations in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Since the si... Read More about National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 2: General Fasts, Thanksgivings and Special Prayers in the British Isles, 1689-1870.

National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 1: Special Prayers, Fasts and Thanksgivings in the British Isles, 1533-1688. (2013)
Book
Mears, N., Raffe, A., Williamson, P., & Taylor, S. (2013). National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 1: Special Prayers, Fasts and Thanksgivings in the British Isles, 1533-1688

National days of prayer: the churches, the state and public worship in Britain 1899-1957 (2013)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2013). National days of prayer: the churches, the state and public worship in Britain 1899-1957. The English Historical Review, 128(531), 324-366. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ces182

A terrible war had been followed by a harsh winter: trade was poor, money was scarce, and food, fuel and other essentials were in short supply. Extraordinary measures seemed necessary, so the king on the advice of his archbishop and chief minister su... Read More about National days of prayer: the churches, the state and public worship in Britain 1899-1957.