Romantic Catholics : France's postrevolutionary generation in search of a modern faith /

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In this well-written and imaginatively structured book, Carol E. Harrison brings to life a cohort of nineteenth-century French men and women who argued that a reformed Catholicism could reconcile the divisions in French culture and society that were the legacy of revolution and empire. They include,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harrison, Carol E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > France > History > 19th century.
Église catholique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Catholic Church.
Katholische Kirche
1800-1899
Catholics > France > History > 19th century.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Catholics.
Katholizismus
Kirchliches Leben
France > Religious life and customs.
France.
Frankreich
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : romantic Catholics and the two Frances
  • First communion : the most beautiful day in the lives and deaths of little girls
  • The education of Maurice de Guérin
  • The dilemma of obedience : Charles de Montalembert, Catholic citizen
  • Pauline Craven's holy family : writing the modern saint
  • Frédéric and Amélie Ozanam : charity, marriage, and the Catholic social
  • A free church in a free state : the Roman question
  • Epilogue : the devout woman of the Third Republic and the eclipse of Catholic fraternity.

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