Church, society and religious change in France, 1580 - 1730
Joseph Bergin
Church, society and religious change in France, 1580 - 1730
Author
Joseph BerginPublisher
Yale University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Church, society and religious change in France, 1580 - 1730 / Joseph BerginPublication Details
لندن : Yale University Press، 2009مPhysical Description
xvii, 506 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.Subject
Catholic Church HistoryFrance Church history
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]334[ - 484( and index.
Contents
From dioceses to parishes: the geography of the French church -- Wealth into benefices -- Clerics and clergy: the world of the seculars -- The monastic orders: adjustment and survival -- From mendicants to congregations -- A silent revolution: Women as regulars -- Bishops: adaptation and action -- Remaking the secular clergy -- The triumph of the parish? -- Saints and shrines -- Sacraments and sinners -- Religion taught and learned -- The forms and uses of spirituality -- The many faces of the confraternities -- Devots: the pious and the militant -- Jansenists: dissidents but also militants