Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and Its Social Ramification

by John McManners

Book Overview

This, the first volume, begins with a Section on Church and State, the theology and political theory justifying their alliance, the wealth of the Clergy and their Assemblies voting taxation, their role in the official life of the nation, from the Court at Versailles to army barracks, warships, and prisons. Then comes a presentation of the complex structure of dioceses and parishes, and the vast variety of monastic institutions (where the enjoyment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198270038
• ISBN13: 9780198270034
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.