Ceremonial Splendor Performing Priesthood in Early Modern France.

By the end of France's long seventeenth century, the seminary-trained, reform-minded Catholic priest had crystalized into a type recognizable by his clothing, gestures, and ceremonial skill. Although critics denounced these priests as hypocrites or models for Molière's Tartuffe, seminarie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Palacios, Joy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Clergy > Training of > France > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church > France > Liturgy > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church > France > Customs and practices > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church.
1600-1699
Catholic theological seminaries > France > History > 17th century.
Performance > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Theater > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Theater > France > History > 17th century.
RELIGION / Christian Church / History.
Catholic theological seminaries.
Clergy > Training of.
Liturgics.
Theater.
France.
authority.
ceremony.
clergy.
early modern French literature history religion.
excommunication of actors.
modesty.
moliere.
performance studies.
priesthood.
procession.
ritual.
sacrament.
seminary.
seventeenth century.
tartuffe.
theater.
true churchman.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Translations
  • Introduction: Priestly Performance, 1630-1730
  • Chapter 1. Clothing
  • Chapter 2. Gestures
  • Chapter 3. Ceremonies
  • Chapter 4. Publics
  • Chapter 5. Rivals
  • Conclusion: Ceremonial Specialization and the Divergence of Performance Repertoires
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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