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Author McManners, John.

Title Church and society in eighteenth-century France. Vol. 2, The religion of the people and the politics of religion / John McManners
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 866 pages)
Series The Oxford history of the Christian Church
Oxford history of the Christian Church.
Contents Abbreviations -- III: THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE -- 22 From Baptism to the Requiescat in pace -- 23 Liturgical Worship -- 24 Sermons -- 25 The Curé's Prône and Parish Missions -- 26 Religious Practice -- 27 On the Margins of Official Religion -- 28 Confraternities -- 29 Popular Religion and Clerical Reformers -- 30 The Dark Side of the Supernatural -- IV: THE CLERGY AND MORALS -- 31 The Confessional -- 32 Commercial Loans and Lotteries -- 33 Sexual Passion -- 34 The Theatre -- V: CROWN AND PARLEMENT: JESUITS AND JANSENISTS -- 35 The Jansenist Quarrel -- 36 Unigenitus
37 The Appeal to a General Council -- 38 From the Regent to Fleury -- 39 The Changing Face of Jansenism -- 40 Fleury's Repression and the Interventions of the Parlement -- 41 The Mid-Century Crisis -- 42 The Jesuits of France -- 43 The Fall of the Jesuits -- VI: THE RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND THE ISSUE OF TOLERATION -- 44 The Huguenots: The Great Persecution -- 45 Cruelty and Compromise, 1700-1774 -- 46 Lutherans and Jews: Routine Intolerance -- 47 Towards a Grudging Toleration, 1774-1789 -- VII: THE CRISIS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME -- 48 The Twilight of Jansenism -- 49 The Political Role of the Bishops
50 The Revolt of the Curés -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary This volume explores all aspects of the relations of Church and State including the wealth of the clergy, their role in official life, in the Court at Versailles and on the scaffold
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 18th century
Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Christian life -- France -- History -- 18th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Christian life
SUBJECT France -- Church history -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051180
Subject France
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191520631
0191520632
0198270046
9780198270041
Other Titles Religion of the people and the politics of religion