Church and Culture in Seventeenth-Century France
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521892995
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; c 1600 to c 1700; History: American; History; History - General History; Europe; USA; Europe - General; Christianity and culture--France--History--17; Christianity and culture--France--History--17th century; History / Europe / General
First sentence: After the period of religious wars which, in part at least, prevented France from initiating the reforms promoted by the Council of Trent, the seventeenth century witnessed the growth of a movement within the Church which sought to transform all aspects of social, religious and even political life.