Scandal in the parish : priests and parishioners behaving badly in eighteenth-century France /

"In 1770, the priest Nicolas Vernier was accused of neglecting church services, inappropriate behaviour in the confessional, financial improprieties, and affairs with the village schoolmistresses. In a contentious church court case, parishioners described all of their priest's wrongdoings,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carter, Karen E., 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 84.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > France > Clergy > History > 18th century.
Catholic Church > France > Clergy > Discipline > History > 18th century.
Église catholique > France > Clergé > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Église catholique > France > Clergé > Discipline > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Catholic Church.
1700-1799
Rural clergy > France > History > 18th century.
Parishes > France > History > 18th century.
Scandals > France > History > 18th century.
Peasants > Religious life > France > History > 18th century.
Clergé rural > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Paroisses > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Scandales > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Paysannerie > France > Vie religieuse > 18e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
Clergy.
Clergy > Discipline.
Parishes.
Peasants > Religious life.
Rural clergy.
Scandals.
France > Religious life and customs.
France > Vie religieuse.
France.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Priest, behaving badly
  • Parishioners, also behaving badly
  • Scandalous sacraments
  • The holiness of the place
  • The affairs of the curés
  • Disturbing the peace.

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