Religion, Politics and Preferment in France Since 1890: La Belle Epoque and Its Legacy

by Maurice Larkin

Book Overview

This book investigates the problems that committed Catholics allegedly faced if they sought careers in state employment under the Third French Republic. Using ministerial and Masonic archives, the book explores the broad divergence of practice between individual ministries and between particular governments. It also examines the factors that underlay these discriminatory attitudes - notably the claims of Catholic involvement in the right-wing subversive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522706
• ISBN13: 9780521522700
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"