Copious Drink and Plain Religion: A Frenchman’s View of Victorian Britain (Snippets: 6)

Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire, England , Via Wikimedia Commons. In a series of visits to Britain between 1862 and 1870, outspoken Frenchman Hippolyte Taine wrote lengthily about his impressions, and his comments-at-a-distance give us a clear and fascinating view of our ancestors in a way that no other source quite achieves.    Taine blamed the... Continue Reading →

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