Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld
Subtitle: leadership and reform in the French Church
By: Joseph Bergin.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: La Rochefoucauld, François de, 1558-1645.; Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 16th century.; Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 17th century.; Cardinals -- France -- Biography.; Counter-Reformation -- France.; France -- Church history -- 16th century.; France -- Church history -- 17th century.
Description: "This book is a study of the career and activities of a neglected but important figure in the French Counter-Reformation Church. François de La Rochefoucauld (1558-1645) -- great uncle to the more famous author of the same name -- was successively Bishop of Clermont, cardinal, diplomat in Rome, Bishop of Senlis, Grand Almoner of France, President of the King's Council and, finally, Papal Commissioner for the reform of the old religious orders in France. The time-span of his public career, beginning in 1584 when he became Bishop of Clermont, and ending with his death in 1645, makes his career a useful vantage-point for observing the changing face of the French Church during the crucial early period of the Counter-Reformation, which has often been neglected by historians." [Book jacket].
Notes: Bibliography: p. [283]-295.
Includes index.