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… further occasions for church sociability. 1 . For early developments in England see Beat Kümin, The Shaping of a Community: The Rise & Reformation of the English Parish c.1400-1560 (London: Ashgate, 1996), esp. chapters 2, 6. For … and the County [first published: 1906] (Hamden, Conn., 1963); a more recent survey in David Eastwood, Government and Community in the English Provinces, 1700-1870 (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997). 5 . See esp. Steve Hindle, On the Parish: … resident poor and the inclusive sacrament of the Eucharist administered (in theory) to all local members of the Anglican community in the house of God. It was also a striking departure from the medieval precedent of church ales , where women …
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