Priest & parish in eighteenth-century France : a social and political study of the curés in a diocese of Dauphiné, 1750-1791 /

This book provides a comprehensive collective biography of the parish priests in one diocese--their origins, education, and careers: their relationship with their parishioners; and the process by which they were politicized prior to 1789. The author's analysis uses both quantitative and more tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tackett, Timothy, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1977]
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Catholic Church > France > Gap Region > Clergy > Biography.
Catholic Church. > Diocese of Gap (France)
Catholic Church
1700-1799
Clergy > France > Gap Region > Biography.
Parishes > France > Gap Region.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Clergy
Parishes
France > Church history > 18th century.
France > Histoire religieuse > 18e siècle.
France
Biographies
Church history
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • I. The Diocese of Gap in the Eighteenth Century
  • PART ONE A Career in the Clergy
  • II. Entry into the Clergy
  • III. The Education of the Parish Priest
  • IV. Career Patterns and the Benefice System
  • V. Economic Situation of the Parish Priest
  • PART TWO. Priest and Parish
  • VI. The Cures in Society: A Local Elite
  • VII. Patterns of Community Rivalry
  • VIII. Patterns of Religious Rivalry
  • PART THREE. The Revolt of the Parish Priests
  • IX. Politicization of the Parish Clergy
  • X. The Pre-Revolution in Dauphine
  • XI. The Civil Constitution and the Oath of 1791
  • XII. De-Christianization and the end of an era: An Epilogue
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Index

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