Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramification
John McManners
836 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0198270038
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Language: English
Publish: September 23, 1999
Volume 1 describes the relations of Church and State, the wealth of the Church, and its role in national life from Versailles to the scaffold. Dioceses, parishes, and the monastic structure are presented in detail, and the vocation and life-style of the clergy as in mesh with every aspect of social living.