Archbishop Randall Davidson

Michael Hughes is Professor of History and Head of Department at Lancaster University. He has published a book and numerous articles on Nonconformity in the twentieth century, as well as writing extensively on Anglo-Russian relations, with a particular emphasis on relations between Anglicanism and Orthodoxy (a subject with which Randall Davidson was particularly concerned). He was for many years a Lay Reader in the Anglican Church and has published five monographs and more than thirty articles in scholarly journals.

• Introduction; 1 The Making of an Archbishop; 2 Archbishop Davidson and the Edwardian Crisis: A Victorian in a Changing World (1903-1914); 3 Archbishop Davidson and the Boundaries of Anglicanism (1903-14); 4 Archbishop Davidson and the First World War (1914-1918); 5 Archbishop Davidson and the Development of the Ecumenical Movement (1918-1928); 6 Archbishop Davidson and the Challenge of Social and Economic Reform (1918-1928); 7 Archbishop Davidson, Church, and State (1918-1928); Assessment; Documents

"This book will be a useful resource for anyone seeking to explore more deeply the under-currents of the ecclesiastical and political world of Edwardian and neo-Georgian England, and its author is to be congratulated for having produced it."- Serenhedd James, University of Oxford"Hughes, professor of history and head of the department at Lancaster University, must be com­mended for so adroitly bringing to life this generally unsung ser­vant of God, church, and nation."- Thomas Garrett Isham, Marshall, Michigan