Suffering Saints: Jansenists and Convulsionnaires in France, 1640-1799

by Brian E. Strayer

Book Overview

This comprehensive survey of Jansenism and Convulsionism in France is the only work currently available in English that attempts to place the Jansenist movement in the context of French political, social, economic, religious and intellectual developments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author provides biographical sketches of its key leaders, analyzes their major writings, and highlights both the movement's internal conflicts and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845195167
• ISBN13: 9781845195168
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.7"