Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramifications

ISBN-13: 9780198270034 / Angielski

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Opis

Volume 1 describes the relations of Church and State, the wealth of the Church, and its role in national life from Versailles to the scaffold. Dioceses, parishes, and the monastic structure are presented in detail, and the vocation and life-style of the clergy as in mesh with every aspect of social living.

Recenzje

It is rarely that a reviewer has the privilege of reviewing a book that can genuinely be described as a life's work ... a penetrating picture of the Church of the ancien régime ... In the tapestry Professor McManners provides there are many fascinating threads ... Behind McManner's rich narrative lies a wealth of research and reading, as the notes make clear. The judicious balancing of illustrative (and often amusing) anecdote and analysis makes this rounded picture of the Gallican Church of the ancien régime a study that is unlikely to be superseded.

O autorze

This is his magnum opus, the culmination of 40 years work.