Originally published in 1984, this book charts the political and social consequences of Methodist expansion in the first century of its existence. While the rel

Hempton explores the rise of Methodism from its unpromising origins as a religious society within the Church of England in the 1730s to a major international re

This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and

Argues that ordinary people exercise extraordinary political courage and power in American politics when, frustrated by politics as usual, they rise up in anger