G Kitson Clark 
Churchmen and the Condition of England 1832-1885 [PDF ebook] 
A study in the development of social ideas and practice from the Old Regime to the Modern State

First published in 1973, this work demonstrates how the English churchmen of the nineteenth century moved from a firmly entrenched position in the old social hierarchy to a less definable and insecure position under the rule of the collectivist State run by a professional workforce. Dr Kitson Clark explores the many questions po