Queen Victoria · Theme
Religion and Piety
How Queen Victoria develops Religion and Piety.
Victoria's genuine but simple religious faith is a recurring theme, rooted in her Lutheran upbringing and Presbyterian influences, and she remained untouched by the intellectual and scientific movements of her age, such as Darwinism.
Where it surfaces
- II: Childhood
Victoria's confirmation and her appreciation for religious texts like the Bishop of Chester's Exposition of the Gospel of St. Matthew underscore the centrality of Christian piety in her upbringing.
- III
Religious instruction was central to Victoria's education, with bishops examining her knowledge of Scripture and the Duchess emphasizing her moral and religious development.
- The Apotheosis of Victoria
Discusses Victoria's unchanging, simple faith derived from Lehzen and the Duchess of Kent, and her preference for Presbyterianism over High Anglicanism.