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Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramification...
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by John McManners
Sales Rank: 2339848
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Cover Type: Paperback with 848 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition September 23, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0198270038
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0198270034
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches
Weighs: 2.5 pounds
Product Review
`a monumental overview on vitually all aspects of French religious history during the last century before the Revolution. there is much that is new, including fascinating sections of liturgical worship, sermons, pilgrimages, confessional practices, and the meaning of the illusive term abbe. And nowhere else can one find such a wealth of detail, a profusion of examples, organized systematically as a vertiable compendium on the religious complex of eighteenth-century France. the work will long be drawn upon by scholars in all fields as the most complete and accessible reference book available on the institutions, pratice, and political history of the Old Regime church.' Timothy Tackett, Journal of Modern History, Vol 72, No. 4, December 2000
`This magisterial, synthetic, and exceptionally readable inquiry into the Christian church and French society during the eighteenth century is at once broadly encyclopedic and deeply perceptive.' Raymond A. Mentzer, Church History, Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol.69, No.2.
`McManners embarks on an extended, fascinating examination of the organizational infrastructure of the Gallican church.' Raymond A. Mentzer, Church History, Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol.69, No.2.
`McManners also skillfully explains the ecclesiastical, political, and intellectual maelstrom surrouding the Jesuits and the orders eventual suppression. Here as elsewhere, McManners carefully shows the formidable impact of the Englightenment and the proponents of rationalism.' Raymond A. Mentzer, Church History, Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol.69, No.2.
`These two volumes represent an enormous achievement Mcmanners offers a lucid and lively overview the analysis is fresh and informative. The author effortlessly guides the reader through the complexities of the ancien-regime church McManners never loses sight of the greater context as well as the profound developments and forces external to the church The achievement is impressive.' Raymond A. Mentzer, Church History, Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol.69, No.2.
`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 regime 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 regime a study that is unlikely to be superseded.' Geoffrey Rowell, Church Times
`These two bulky volumes represent the crowning achievement in the career of a widely and rightly renowned scholar. They are packed with information, and everywhere impregnated with their author's habitual determination to give a balanced account of the religious history of eighteenth-century France A historical survey on this traditional pattern could scarcely be entrusted to a more knowledgeable and perceptive scholar We have every reason to be impressed by, and to be grateful for, the astonishingly skilful combination of detailed accuracy and broad outline which Professor McManners has given us in this account of the institutional church in eighteenth-century France.' Anthony Levi, Heythrop Journal
Product Description
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.
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