Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramifications
John McManners (Regius Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, Fellow and Chaplain, Regius Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, Fellow and Chaplain, All Souls College, Oxford)
Volume 1 describes the relations of Church and State, the wealth of the Church, and its role in national life from Versailles to the scaffold. Dioceses, parishes, and the monastic structure are presented in detail, and the vocation and life-style of...