Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 2: The Religion of the People and the Politics of Religion
John McManners (Regius Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, Fellow and Chaplain, Regius Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, Fellow and Chaplain, All Souls College, Oxford)
A reconstruction of the complex hierarchical world of the Gallican Church, destroyed by the French Revolution. This volume explores all aspects of the relations of Church and State including the wealth of the clergy, their role in official life, in...