Informal Pew-Renting and Pew-Openers in English Anglican Churches.
As opposed to formal pew-renting, which characterised less affluent Anglican churches in England, wealthier churches often used informal pew-renting. In this form, congregants were expected to "tip" pew-openers—themselves generally from the working class—a sixpence, shilling or half-a-crown, to obta...
| Publicado en: | Church History & Religious Culture Vol. 100; no. 2/3; pp. 364 - 383 |
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2020
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