Church, Society and Religious Change in France, 1580–1730
At the conclusion of the wars of religion in France in 1598, the Catholic Church was in a perilous condition. Throughout large areas of the country, its buildings had been attacked and destroyed, clergy had abandoned their posts, and the state had seized and sold off church property to help pay its...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2011, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 487-490 |
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| Summary: | At the conclusion of the wars of religion in France in 1598, the Catholic Church was in a perilous condition. Throughout large areas of the country, its buildings had been attacked and destroyed, clergy had abandoned their posts, and the state had seized and sold off church property to help pay its debts. In this book, Joseph Bergin shows in depth and detail how the French Church recovered during the long seventeenth century, a task that involved rebuilding but also reforming. The result was a reinvigorated institution, both materially and spiritually, and a model for the rest of Europe in a fashion similar to the influence exercised by the French state of Louis XIV. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csr070 |