The religious origins of the French Revolution : from Calvin to the civil constitution, 1560-1791 /

Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizenry, it actually had long-term religious - even Christian - origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half centuries that preceded the revolution,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van Kley, Dale K., 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Christianity and politics > History.
Secularism > France > History > 18th century.
Church and state > France > History > 18th century.
Christianisme et politique > Histoire.
Sécularisation > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Église et État > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > General.
Christianity and politics
Church and state
War > Religious aspects
Secularism
Franse Revolutie.
Christendom.
Oorzaken.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Religious aspects.
France > Church history > 18th century.
France > Histoire > 1789-1799 (Révolution) > Aspect religieux.
France > Histoire religieuse > 18e siècle.
France
Frankreich
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Calvin to Quesnel
  • The century of Unigenitus
  • The siege of sacral absolutism
  • The conceptual dismantling of sacral absolutism
  • From religious to ideological "parties"
  • From ideology to revolution and counter-revolution.

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