The Correspondence of Henry Edward Manning and William Ewart Gladstone: The Complete Correspondence 1833-1891

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by  Peter C. Erb

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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF
HENRY EDWARD MANNING
AND
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF
H E N RY E D WA R D
M A N N I N G A N D
W I L L I A M E WA RT
G L A D S T O N E
THE COMPLETE
CORRESPONDENCE 1833–1891
VOLUME III
1861–1875
edited by
PETER C. ERB
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CONTENTS
Volume I: 1833–1844
Abbreviations ix
Introduction xiii
SECTION I
Initial Contacts: 1833–1836 3
SECTION II: PRELUDES TO POWER
1. Early Reflections on Churchand State: February
1837–July 1837 21
2. Opposing the Commission:September 1837–March1838 64
3. The State in its Relations with the Churchand Interlude in
Rome: May 1838–July 1839 106
4. ChurchPrinciples in Theory and Practice:
February–November 1840 143
5. Archdeaconry and Board of Trade: December
1840–November 1841 197
Addendum to Section II 231
SECTION III: THE STRAIN
OF TRACTARIAN IDEALS
1. The Jerusalem Bishopric and the Oxford Poetry Professorship:
November 1841–January 1842 249
2. The Unityof the Church: February–September 1842 302
3. ChurchDiscipline and the Problem of Education:
October 1842–June 1843 313
Addenda to Section III 350
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SECTION IV: CONFRONTING
THE ROMEWARDS MOVEMENT
1. Pusey’s Sermon on the Eucharist: June–October 1843 377
2. Newman’s Crisis and Resignation: October–November 1843 385
3. New and Lost Opportunities: November–December 1843 407
4. Facing Old Realities: January–October 1844 440
Addenda to Section IV 475
Volume II: 1844–1853
SECTION V: THE IMPLICATIONS OF
CATHOLIC CONCERNS
1. The Debate over Ward and Maynooth:October
1844–February 1845 3
2. Aftermath: February–August 1845 60
Addenda to Section V 102
SECTION VI: READJUSTMENTS
AND REVISIONS
1. After Newman’sConversion: October–November 1845 163
2. Secretary for the Colonies: December 1845–February 1846 174
3. Renewed Reflections on Church and State: March–June 1846 188
Addendum to Section VI 212
SECTION VII: CHARTING NEW
DIRECTIONS
1. ‘From Oxford to Rome’: August 1846–August 1847 219
2. Manning’s Second Interlude in Rome: January 1848–July 1849 258
3. The Lincoln Affair: July–October 1849 281
Addenda to Section VII 305
SECTION VIII: THE GORHAM CRISIS
1. The Problem of Response: November 1849–April 1850 319
2. The RoyalSupremacy and a Proposed Engagement:
April–June 1850 351
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3. The Appellate Jurisdiction: June–September 1850 380
4. The Growth of Separation: September–October 1850 414
5. Gladstone to Italy and Manning’s Resignation:
November 1850–April 1851 435
Addenda to Section VIII 467
SECTION IX: EPILOGUE
June 1851–August 1853 505
Addendum to Section IX 518
Volume III: 1861–1875
SECTION X: REACQUAINTANCE AND
REALIGNMENT
1. Initial Meeting:March1861–December 1862 3
2. Italian and English Concerns: April–December 1864 22
3. Ireland and other Church–State Issues: January–March 1865 47
4. The Problem of Education: May–July 1865 59
5. Episcopal Authority and Commons Leadership:
July 1865–September 1866 66
6. Ireland Again: February 1867–March1868 95
7. Detente: April–November 1868 113
SECTION XI: ARCHBISHOP AND
PRIME MINISTER
1. Ireland and Disestablishment: December 1868–July 1869 143
2. Viewing Rome and the Council: September–November 1869 166
3. The Irish Land Bill: January–March 1870 185
4. Interpreting Rome and Vatican I: April–July 1870 199
5. The Italian Problem: July 1870–May 1871 212
6. Education in a Changed Perspective: June–December 1871 272
7. The Struggle in Rome: February 1872–February 1873 289
8. Irish Universities and Education: February 1873–August 1874 335
9. The Vaticanism Controversy: November 1874–February 1875 390
Addenda to Section XI 419
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Volume IV: 1882–1891
SECTION XII: THE FINAL DECADE
1. Initial Forays: January 1882–June 1884 3
2. Ireland, Science, and Scripture: November 1885–March1886 20
3. Planning Biographies: June 1887–November 1888 41
4. Final Reflections: March1889–November 1891 58
Addenda to Section XII 121
APPENDICES: THE VATICANISM TRACTS
AND CONTROVERSY
1. ‘Preface’ to W. E. Gladstone’s Rome and the Newest Fashions
in Religion (1875) 135
2. W. E. Gladstone, The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on
Civil Allegiance: A Political Expostulation (1874 and 1875 editions) 142
3. W. E. Gladstone, Vaticanism: An Answer to Reproofs &
Replies (1875 edition) 187
4. H. E. Manning, The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil
Allegiance (1875) 278
5. The Vaticanism Controversy: A Bibliography 391
Bibliography 395
Index 497
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ABBREVIATIONS
Sigla for correspondence: All letters are identified and cited by date, the
first two numerals indicating the year (in the nineteenth century), the
second two the month, and the last two the day, followed by letter
references to author and addressee; thus, 330809mg indicates that the
letter was written 1833, August 9, by Manning to Gladstone.
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