Church and society in eighteenth-century France
By: John McManners.
Series: Oxford history of the Christian Church
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 817
Subjects: Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 18th century.; France -- Church history -- 18th century.
Description: This volume explores all aspects of the relations of Church and State including the wealth of the clergy, their role in official life, in the Court at Versailles and on the scaffold.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The clerical establishment and its social ramifications; title: v. 2. The religion of the people and the politics of religion.