Author: Dale K. Van Kley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300080858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, 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, Van Kley explores the diverse, often warring religious strands that influenced political events up to the revolution. Van Kley draws on a wealth of primary sources to show that French royal absolutism was first a product and then a casualty of religious conflict. On the one hand, the religious civil wars of the sixteenth century between the Calvinist and Catholic internationals gave rise to Bourbon divine-right absolutism in the seventeenth century. On the other hand, Jansenist-related religious conflicts in the eighteenth century helped to "desacralize" the monarchy and along with it the French Catholic clergy, which was closely identified with Bourbon absolutism. The religious conflicts of the eighteenth century also made a more direct contribution to the revolution, for they left a legacy of protopolitical and ideological parties (such as the Patriot party, a successor to the Jansenist party), whose rhetoric affected the content of revolutionary as well as counterrevolutionary political culture. Even in its dechristianizing phase, says Van Kley, revolutionary political culture was considerably more indebted to varieties of French Catholicism than it realized.
The Religious Origins of the French Revolution
Author: Dale K. Van Kley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300080858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, 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, Van Kley explores the diverse, often warring religious strands that influenced political events up to the revolution. Van Kley draws on a wealth of primary sources to show that French royal absolutism was first a product and then a casualty of religious conflict. On the one hand, the religious civil wars of the sixteenth century between the Calvinist and Catholic internationals gave rise to Bourbon divine-right absolutism in the seventeenth century. On the other hand, Jansenist-related religious conflicts in the eighteenth century helped to "desacralize" the monarchy and along with it the French Catholic clergy, which was closely identified with Bourbon absolutism. The religious conflicts of the eighteenth century also made a more direct contribution to the revolution, for they left a legacy of protopolitical and ideological parties (such as the Patriot party, a successor to the Jansenist party), whose rhetoric affected the content of revolutionary as well as counterrevolutionary political culture. Even in its dechristianizing phase, says Van Kley, revolutionary political culture was considerably more indebted to varieties of French Catholicism than it realized.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300080858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, 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, Van Kley explores the diverse, often warring religious strands that influenced political events up to the revolution. Van Kley draws on a wealth of primary sources to show that French royal absolutism was first a product and then a casualty of religious conflict. On the one hand, the religious civil wars of the sixteenth century between the Calvinist and Catholic internationals gave rise to Bourbon divine-right absolutism in the seventeenth century. On the other hand, Jansenist-related religious conflicts in the eighteenth century helped to "desacralize" the monarchy and along with it the French Catholic clergy, which was closely identified with Bourbon absolutism. The religious conflicts of the eighteenth century also made a more direct contribution to the revolution, for they left a legacy of protopolitical and ideological parties (such as the Patriot party, a successor to the Jansenist party), whose rhetoric affected the content of revolutionary as well as counterrevolutionary political culture. Even in its dechristianizing phase, says Van Kley, revolutionary political culture was considerably more indebted to varieties of French Catholicism than it realized.
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Political Culture in the French Revolution, 1788-1791
Author: Harriet Branson Applewhite
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
History and Historical Understanding
Author: C. T. McIntire
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Actes de la Commune de Paris Pendant la Révolution, Publiés Et Annotés Par Sigismond Lacroix. 2e Série (du 9 Octobre 1790 Au 10 Août 1792).: ler mars - 25 avril 1791
Author: Commune de Paris (France : 1789-1794)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
The Elgin-Grey Papers, 1846-1852
Author: James Bruce Earl of Elgin
Publisher: J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O.,printer to the King
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Letters between Earl of Elgin when Governor General of Canada and Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Publisher: J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O.,printer to the King
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Letters between Earl of Elgin when Governor General of Canada and Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Cambridge University Library Bulletin (extra Series).
Author: Cambridge University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, 1754-1838
Author:
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Every since Talleyrand assumed a prominent role during the opening stages of the French Revolution, his intentions and motivations have been the subject of heated debate. The debate about his achievements and merits is far from over. This bibliography is the first to be compiled on Napoleon's foreign minister. It opens with a chronology of Talleyrand's life and an introduction summarizing the salient points in his career. It is then divided into sections covering the available archival sources, Talleyrand's own writings, contemporary pamphlets and books, and works written about him since his death. The volume opens with a chronology of Talleyrand's life and an introduction summarizing the salient points in his career and pointing to discrepancies in the Talleyrand historiography. The initial section describes the most important archival sources available in France and other countries. The second section covers Talleyrand's own publications, his parliamentary interventions, and his correspondence. Contemporary pamphlets and books, many critical of Talleyrand's secularization of Church property, are covered in the third section. The final section includes works written about Talleyrand since his death as well as works on topics related to him, such as his women and children, his portrayal in art and literature, and a list of drawings and lithographs dedicated to him.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Every since Talleyrand assumed a prominent role during the opening stages of the French Revolution, his intentions and motivations have been the subject of heated debate. The debate about his achievements and merits is far from over. This bibliography is the first to be compiled on Napoleon's foreign minister. It opens with a chronology of Talleyrand's life and an introduction summarizing the salient points in his career. It is then divided into sections covering the available archival sources, Talleyrand's own writings, contemporary pamphlets and books, and works written about him since his death. The volume opens with a chronology of Talleyrand's life and an introduction summarizing the salient points in his career and pointing to discrepancies in the Talleyrand historiography. The initial section describes the most important archival sources available in France and other countries. The second section covers Talleyrand's own publications, his parliamentary interventions, and his correspondence. Contemporary pamphlets and books, many critical of Talleyrand's secularization of Church property, are covered in the third section. The final section includes works written about Talleyrand since his death as well as works on topics related to him, such as his women and children, his portrayal in art and literature, and a list of drawings and lithographs dedicated to him.
Lettre pastorale ... au Clergé séculier et régulier, et à tous les fidèles de son diocèse
Author: Albert Louis de LICHTERVELDE (Bishop of Namur.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages :
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