Trollope and Tractarianism
This article examines the nature and scope of Trollope’s Tractarianism. The author was at once very hostile to Evangelicalism and critical of the old High Church party. Although a Broad Churchman—with conservative leanings—, he often expressed his admiration for Newman and the Tractarians whose zea...
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2026
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| Izvleček: | This article examines the nature and scope of Trollope’s Tractarianism. The author was at once very hostile to Evangelicalism and critical of the old High Church party. Although a Broad Churchman—with conservative leanings—, he often expressed his admiration for Newman and the Tractarians whose zeal and saintliness had played a great part in regenerating a church in need of reform. One of his most famous ecclesiastical heroes is the Tractarian Francis Arabin, whose sincerity and goodness are repeatedly emphasized in Barchester Towers. His father-in-law, Mr Harding, is the only ‘saint’ in Trollope’s ecclesiastical novels. If not strictly speaking a ‘Puseyite,’ he nevertheless sympathises with Church reform, his humility, unworldliness and intensely emotional piety being very close to Newman’s idea of priesthood. Two other clergymen in the Trollopian canon, Mr Crawley and Mr Saul, have been misconstrued as Evangelicals. A careful study of The Last Chronicle and The Claverings— both published in 1867—reveals that both these model priests are in fact Tractarians. From the mid-sixties however, Trollope started giving his support to the Broad Church while never renouncing his early Tractarian commitment. |
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