# Religion and Piety in Queen Victoria

> Theme guide for Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/iv): Discusses Victoria's unchanging, simple faith derived from Lehzen and the Duchess of Kent, and her preference for Presbyterianism over High Anglicanism.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/themes/religion_and_piety
- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/themes