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The study explores the debate over clerical dress and rubrics in the Church of England during the mid-nineteenth century.

“The Battle of the Rubric”: The Contested History of Clerical Dress in Victorian England

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This article examines clerical dress disputes in Victorian England, revealing the impacts on Church unity.

The study explores the debate over clerical dress and rubrics in the Church of England during the mid-nineteenth century.
Analyses the writings of James Craigie Robertson, Thomas Walter Perry, and Richard Paul Blakeney.
Considers historical contexts like the Tractarian and ritualist movements.
Explores aesthetic developments influencing clerical dress debates.
No singular church faction achieved victory in the clerical dress dispute.
The conflict weakened the ideal of unity around the Book of Common Prayer.
Diverse perspectives shaped the understanding of ritualism and ecclesiastical identity.

Martin Wellings (2026) studied this question.

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This article examines clerical dress disputes in Victorian England, revealing the impacts on Church unity.

The study explores the debate over clerical dress and rubrics in the Church of England during the mid-nineteenth century.
Analyses the writings of James Craigie Robertson, Thomas Walter Perry, and Richard Paul Blakeney.
Considers historical contexts like the Tractarian and ritualist movements.
Explores aesthetic developments influencing clerical dress debates.
No singular church faction achieved victory in the clerical dress dispute.
The conflict weakened the ideal of unity around the Book of Common Prayer.
Diverse perspectives shaped the understanding of ritualism and ecclesiastical identity.

Martin Wellings (2026) studied this question.

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