Authority and Order: Portalis and the Implementation of the Concordat of 1801

The success of the Concordat of 1801 in establishing a modus vivendi between post-revolutionary France and the Catholic Church ought not be taken for granted. It owes in significant degree to the design and application of Napoleon's advisor on religious affairs, Jean-Etienne Marie Portalis. The...

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Main Author: Harmon, Joseph P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: The catholic historical review
Year: 2024, Volume: 110, Issue: 3, Pages: 489-513
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Portalis, Jean-Étienne-Marie 1746-1807 / France / Concordate / Geschichte 1801 / Gallicanism / Freedom
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBG France
KDB Roman Catholic Church
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B French Revolution
B Religious Liberty
B Schism
B Concordat of 1801
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Summary:The success of the Concordat of 1801 in establishing a modus vivendi between post-revolutionary France and the Catholic Church ought not be taken for granted. It owes in significant degree to the design and application of Napoleon's advisor on religious affairs, Jean-Etienne Marie Portalis. The Concordat is appreciated for having set the stage for the ultramontane Catholicism of nineteenth-century France, but as legislator and administrator, Portalis was looking back to the legal traditions of the liberties of the Gallican Church and the supremacy of the sovereign.
ISSN:1534-0708
Contains:Enthalten in: The catholic historical review