Suffering saints
Subtitle: Jansensists and Convulsionnaires in France, 1640-1799
By: Brian E. Strayer.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Eastbourne [England]; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781845192457
Subjects: Jansenists -- France; Convulsionaries -- France; France -- Church history -- 17th century; France -- Church history -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-378) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Jansenism in France; title: Who were the Jansenists?; title: What was Jansenism?; title: Sunrise over Port-Royal, 1600-1661; title: Sunset over Port-Royal, 1661-1711; title: Jansenism enters the political arena, 1713-1750; title: Jansenism loses its raison d'être, 1751-1799; title: The shaking of Jansenism: miracle cures and the convulsionnaires, 1727-1740; title: Crucifying Jansenism: Grands Secours and the death of convulsionism, 1741-1799; title: Jansenism and convulsionism, 1650-2000: an historiographic essay; title: Conclusion: the impact of Jansenism in France.