Fathers, pastors and kings visions of episcopacy in seventeenth-century France /

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'Fathers, pastors and kings explores how conceptions of episcopacy (government of a church by bishops) shaped the identity of the bishops of France in the wake of the reforming Council of Trent (1545-63). It demonstrates how the episcopate, initially demoralised by the Wars of Religion, develop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forrestal, Alison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Colección:Studies in Early Modern European History (Manchester, England)
Temas:
Catholic Church > France > Bishops > History > 17th century.
Église catholique > France > Évêques > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Catholic Church
1600-1699
Episcopacy.
RELIGION / Leadership.
Bishops
Episcopacy
France > Church history > 17th century.
France > Histoire religieuse > 17e siècle.
France
Church history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • .1. Catholic renewal and episcopal traditions in the sixteenth century
  • 2. The most perfect state
  • French clerical reformers and episcopal status
  • 3. Lower clergy versus bishops
  • 4. Ecclesiastical monarchy or monarchies?
  • 5. An uneasy alliance
  • 6. Manuals and hagiography
  • mirrors of French ideals?
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Chronology of principal events
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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