TheVictorians

"We had always been convinced that Victorianism was a myth, engendered by the long life of the sovereign and of her most illustrious subjects. We were constantly being told that the Victorians did this, or the Victorians thought that, while my own difficulty was to find anything on which they agreed: any assumption which was not at some time or other fiercely challenged. 'Victorian History'.


The Dissenters would not stand the parson in a State school. The ...

The Dissenters would not stand the parson in a State school. The Establishment would not stand anyone else.

Even the Church of Scotland, which might have minded its own business, took a hand in the game. The plan was withdrawn.

With an energy typical of himself and his age its publisheropened the College himself and for some years lived a double existence, as an official at Whitehall and the Principal of a Training College at Battersea.

...you might be interested in >>

 

victorians

Virtual Victorians History Website


 

The example was decisive. Voluntary training colleges sprang up in quick succession, ...

The example was decisive.