Nigel Yates is Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Wales, Lampeter, UK. Previous books include Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830-1910 (1999), Buildings, Faith and Worship: the Liturgical Arrangement of Anglican Churches 1600-1900 (revised edition 2000), The Religious Condition of Ireland 1770-1850 (2006) and Liturgical Space in Western Europe since the Reformation (forthcoming 2008).
