Nigel Aston
Religion and Revolution in France 1[zasłonięte]789-18
The Catholic University of America Press 2000
Stron XII+435, format: 14x21 cm
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While the French Revolution has been much discussed and studied, its impact on religious life in France is rather neglected. Yet, during this brief period, religion underwent great changes that affected everyone: clergy and laypeople, men and women, Catholics, Protestants and Jews. The 'Reigns of Terror' of the Revolution drove the Church underground, permanently altering the relationship between Church and State.
Nigel Aston offers a readable guide to these tumultuous events. While the structures and beliefs of the Catholic Church are central, it does not neglect minority groups like Protestants and Jews. Among other features, the book discusses the Constitutional Church, the end of state support for Catholicism, the 'Dechristianisation' campaign and the Concordat of 1801-2.
Key themes are the capacity of all the Churches for survival and adaptation, the role of religion in determining political allegiances during the Revolution, and the turbulence of Church-State relations.
In this masterly study, based on the latest evidence, Aston sheds new light on a dynamic period in European history and its impact on the next 200 years of religious life in France.
Nigel Aston is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Luton
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction x
Part I Ancien Régime Religion
The Gallican Church: Structures and Personnel 3
Catholicism in Eighteenth-Century France: Varieties of Practice and Belief 34
Other Denominations 61
The Church and the Enlightenment 81
Part II The Impact of Revolution
The Gallican Church and the Crisis of the Monarchy, 1786-9 103
The Collapse of the Historic Ecclesiastical Order, 1[zasłonięte]789-902
The Civil Constitution 140
Part III From Schism to Terror, 1791-5
Church, State and Revolution, 1 791-5 165
The Survival of Religious Groups: The Constitutional Church 196
The Survival of Religious Groups: The Refractory Church 220
The Survival of Religious Groups: Protestants and Jews, 1789-[zasłonięte] 17954
Dechristianisation and the Alternatives to Christianity 259
Part IV Towards a New Religious Order: The Directory and the Consulate
Religion and the Directory, 1 795-9 279
Religion and the Consulate, 1799-[zasłonięte] 18046
Conclusion: The First Empire and Beyond 336
Notes 352
Bibliography 403
Index 407
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