How did religion affect daily lives of the Victorians/people in the 19th century?

churchgoing was much more common in the 19th century than it is now, and a lot more people went to church on sundays. the sunday observance movement, which attempted to ban any kind of public amusement on a sunday was very strong. queen Victoria was very much opposed to stopping people enjoying themselves on a sunday, she thought it was very unfair on working people, who had no other day off to enjoy themselves, to not be able to go to public places like parks, museums etc on sundays. it was common for children to go to S unday school. before compulsory free education was introduced, sunday schools taught poor children to read and write, because they had few other opportunities to learn. teaching sunday school was a common occuaption for young women of middle and upper class families, it was one of the accpetable ways for them to do good in the community. At home, most families had a bible, and the more religiously inclined had family prayers in the evening. people said their prayers before going to bed. christianity inspired many people to do good works - the Salvation Army for example was started in order to help the poor. Missionary work overseas was considered very important, many people collected money to give to missionaries who spread christianity in Africa and india for example. In the UK, there was still strong prejudice against catholics until the mid 19th century,not until the catholic Emancipation A ct of 1829 were catholics able to stand for parliament for example.

Less and less as the century went on.

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