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The history of religion in early Virginia begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony, in particular the commencing of Anglican services at Jamestown in 1607. In 1619, the Church of England was made the established church throughout the Colony of Virginia , becoming a dominant religious, cultural, and political force.
Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
The church reform of Peter the Great was a set of changes Peter I of Russia (r. 1682–1725 ) introduced to the Russian Orthodox Church , especially to church government. Issued in the context of Peter's overall Westernizing reform programme, it replaced the office of the patriarch of Moscow with the Holy Synod and made the church effectively a ...
The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 is a 1982 nonfiction book by Australian historian Rhys Isaac, published by the University of North Carolina Press.The book describes the religious and political changes over a half-century of Virginian history, particularly the shift from "the great cultural metaphor of patriarchy" to a greater emphasis on communalism. [1]
The First Great Awakening, sometimes Great Awakening or the Evangelical Revival, was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. The revival movement permanently affected Protestantism as adherents strove to renew individual piety and religious devotion.
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Peter of Castile, (1334 –1369) king of Castile and León, Peter the Just, Peter the Cruel; Petru I of Moldavia, prince of Moldavia 1367–1368; Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol (1390–1433), Peter of Luxembourg; Pedro I of Kongo (ruled 1543–1545), Pedro I Nkanga a Mvemba; Peter the Great (1672–1725), Peter I, first Russian czar titled emperor
Pages in category "Government reform of Peter the Great" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .