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The Church and the State in France, 1789-1870

'Fear of God is the Basis of Social Order'

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Authors:
  1. Roger Price

    1. Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

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  • Aims to explain the development and interaction of Church and State in eighteenth and nineteenth century France

  • Considers the dynamics of religious and political change in a period of revolution and social fear

  • Utilises a wide range of archival sources and print media as well as secondary ltierature

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Roger Price
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Shock of Revolution, 1789–1848

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Revolution and Empire: Reconstructing the Church, 1789–1815

      • Roger Price
      Pages 9-32

    3. Restoration and Revolution, 1814–1848

      • Roger Price
      Pages 33-58

    4. The Challenge of Democracy, 1848–1852

      • Roger Price
      Pages 59-82

    5. The Turn Towards Counter-Revolution

      • Roger Price
      Pages 83-126

  4. Religion and Politics During the Second Empire 1852–1870

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. An Authoritarian Alliance, 1851–1859

      • Roger Price
      Pages 129-160

    3. The Roman Question

      • Roger Price
      Pages 161-204

    4. Conflict Over Education

      • Roger Price
      Pages 205-237

    5. The Search for a New Equilibrium: Towards the Liberal Empire, 1859–1870

      • Roger Price
      Pages 239-272

    6. Conclusion

      • Roger Price
      Pages 273-275

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 277-341
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About this book

This book explores the responses of the Roman Catholic Church to the French Revolution beginning in 1789, to the liberal revolution in 1830, and particularly the democratic revolution of 1848 in France, and asks how these events were perceived and explained. Informed by the collective memory of the first revolution, how did the Church react to renewed ‘catastrophe’? How did it seek to influence political choice? Why did authoritarian government prove to be so attractive? This is a study of the impact of religion on political behaviour, as well as of the politicisation of religion. Roger Price employs the methodology of the social and cultural historian to explain the development and interaction of two key institutions, Church and State, during a period of political and social upheaval. Drawing on a wide range of archival and printed primary sources, as well as secondary literature, this book analyses the diverse perceptions of people with power and the impact of their decisions, and the responses, of a wide range of individuals and communities.

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“The Church and the State in France combines archival research with a very useful synthesis of the considerable secondary literature in this field. As such, the work offers a solid overview of Church-State relations after 1789, though the narrative ends rather abruptly with the proclamation of the Third Republic in 1870.” (Laura O’Brien, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71 (2), 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

    Roger Price

About the author

Roger Price is Emeritus Professor of History at Aberystwyth University, UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published a large number of articles and books on the economic, social and political history of nineteenth-century France and Europe. Previous publications include The French Second Empire: An Anatomy of Political Power (2001); People and Politics in France, 1848–1870 (2004); A Concise History of France (2014); Documents on the Second French Empire, 1852–1870 (Palgrave, 2015); and The Modernization of Rural France: Communications Networks and Agricultural Market Structures in Nineteenth-Century France (2017). In addition to this book, his study of Religious Renewal in France, 1789–1870: The Roman Catholic Church between Catastrophe and Triumph will also soon be published by Palgrave.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Church and the State in France, 1789-1870

  • Book Subtitle: 'Fear of God is the Basis of Social Order'

  • Authors: Roger Price

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63269-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63268-1Published: 24 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87513-2Published: 31 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63269-8Published: 11 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 341

  • Topics: History of France, Cultural History, Social History, History of Religion, Political History

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