Church, Society, and Religious Change in France, 1580-1730.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Prologue: the Fire and the Ashes -- Part 1: Foundations -- 1 From Dioceses to Parishes: the Geography of the French Church -- 2 Wealth into Benefices -- Part 2: Clerical Worlds in Context -- 3 Clerics and Clergy: the World of the Seculars -- 4 The Monastic Orders: Adjustment and Survival -- 5 From Mendicants to Congregations -- 6 A Silent Revolution: Women as Regulars -- Part 3: A New Clergy? -- 7 Bishops: Adaptation and Action -- 8 Remaking the Secular Clergy -- 9 The Triumph of the Parish? -- Part 4: Instruments of Religious Change -- 10 Saints and Shrines -- 11 Sacraments and Sinners -- 12 Religion Taught and Learned -- 13 The Forms and Uses of Spirituality -- Part 5: Movers and Shakers -- 14 The Many Faces of the Confraternities -- 15 Dévots: the Pious and the Militant -- 16 Jansenists: Dissidents but also Militants -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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