Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847

Thomas William AlliesProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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712K words
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72

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English Originals Documentary Literature Historical ReappraisalItalian TravelogueSocial ObservationEpistolary FormTravel NarrativeDocumentary Narrative19th CenturyReligious ObservationAnglo-French ExchangeCross-Cultural View

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 by T. W. AlliesAuthor: Allies, T. W. (Thomas William), 1813-1903,Language: English, Class: BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements, Release Date: Dec 20, 2014

Editor's review

This book is a collection of travel journals and letters by Thomas William Allies, an English Anglican clergyman, recording his observations in France in 1845 and 1848 and letters sent from Italy in 1847. As a mid-nineteenth-century observer with a theological background, Allies writes in detail and with personal conviction about local religious life, church architecture, and social customs, offering primary material for the study of Victorian British travel on the Continent and interactions between Catholicism and Protestantism. The text is a public-domain reprint in English, falling between a private diary and a travelogue; its narrative pace is leisurely and its information density modest, making it suitable for reading in fragments as historical source material rather than as a continuous leisure read. Readers interested in religious history, travel literature, and nineteenth-century European social history may use it alongside contemporary travelogues; general readers are better served by selected passages on cities and manners.

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Reading tips

  1. Begin with the 1847 Italian letters, which are shorter and quickly convey the author's observational perspective.
  2. Read selectively by place rather than chronology, grouping passages on the same city together for comparison.
  3. Keep a map or urban-history reference at hand to compensate for the diary's跳跃 narrative.
  4. Read alongside contemporary British travelogues and note how the author's religious stance shapes his descriptions.

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FAQ

What kind of writing is this—is it a complete travelogue? It consists of the author's journals in France and letters sent from Italy—private records rather than a systematic travelogue. The material is loosely arranged by time and place, lacks a coherent chapter structure, and is better browsed as historical fragments than read as a continuous narrative.
How difficult is the English, and what background knowledge is needed? The original is nineteenth-century English with long sentences and religious and place-name proper nouns, but it is not obscure overall. Readers with a basic grasp of Catholic–Protestant contexts and the main French and Italian cities will find the author's comments and concerns easier to follow.
Is it suitable for research in religious history? It can serve as supplementary primary material, reflecting an English Anglican clergyman's impressions of Continental religious life. But it is personal observation lacking statistics and systematic argument, so it should be used alongside church archives, contemporary periodicals, and other sources—not as evidence on its own.

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About the author

Thomas William Allies Author · English · 1813–1903

Thomas William Allies (1813–1903) was a British writer of religious history, born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, and died in London. Influenced early by the Oxford Movement, he converted to Catholicism in 1850 and thereafter devoted himself to the study and writing of church history. His representative work is the eight-volume The Formation of Christendom; other works include The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism and St. Peter, His Name and His Office. His writings, centred on church–state relations, the papal office and the early history of Christendom, are marked by careful use of historical sources and apologetic argument, and hold a place in nineteenth-century English Catholic literature. Seven of his works are held in this collection, commonly classified under inspirational growth.