Reclaiming the Sacred : Lay Religion and Popular Politics in Revolutionary France /
Reclaiming the Sacred examines the ways in which the new secular political culture of the French Revolution transformed the religious practices of lay people. Focusing on the Yonne, a prorevolutionary department in Burgundy, Suzanne Desan analyzes how the region's laity responded to the revolut...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Sumario: | Reclaiming the Sacred examines the ways in which the new secular political culture of the French Revolution transformed the religious practices of lay people. Focusing on the Yonne, a prorevolutionary department in Burgundy, Suzanne Desan analyzes how the region's laity responded to the revolutionaries' attempts to dechristianize France and to replace Christianity with new revolutionary cults. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 p.) : 4 b&w illustrations, 5 maps |
ISBN: | 9781501734021 9783110536171 |
Acceso: | restricted access |