Title: Conscience and Conversion
Description: Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age. -- ‡c From back cover.
Subjects: France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, History, Freedom of religion, Religious life and customs, Catholic Church