Overview
Examines the response of the Roman Catholic Church to revolution and cultural upheaval in France between 1789 and 1870
Considers the role of the Church, the activities of parish priests and the responses of the parish
Provides a cultural and social historiographical approach, utilising extensive archival research
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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L’Eglise de France
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A Change of Perspective
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About this book
This book provides a study of the manner in which the Roman Catholic Church in France responded to successive revolutions between 1789 and 1870 as well as to the cultural upheaval associated with accelerating socio-economic change. It focuses on the Church as an institution engaged in a dynamic process of (re)Christianization and determined, as the only repository of the true faith of Jesus Christ, to fortify belief , and to combat the ‘Satanic’ forces of moral corruption and revolutionary chaos and create a ‘counter society’, the société parfaite. Discussion of the Church as an institution in crisis, of the recruitment, instruction and mind-sets of its bishops, parish clergy, and the members of religious orders, of its hierarchical structures and internal discipline, and of the need to compensate for the losses suffered during a period of revolutionary upheaval, provides the basis for an exploration of its evolving doctrine(s) and sense of purpose; for an assessment of the pastoral care provided to parish communities; and of the leadership and moral qualities of the clergy; before final consideration of the reception of the religious message(s).
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Authors and Affiliations
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 The Church and the State in France, 1789-1870: Fear of God is the Basis of Social Order will soon be published by Palgrave.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religious Renewal in France, 1789-1870
Book Subtitle: The Roman Catholic Church between Catastrophe and Triumph
Authors: Roger Price
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67196-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67195-6Published: 18 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88393-9Published: 01 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67196-3Published: 04 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 416
Topics: History of France, Social History, Cultural History, History of Religion, Political History