Church, society and religious change in France, 1580 - 1730
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New Haven ]Conn.[; London
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Yale University Press
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]433[ - 484( and index
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Joseph Bergin
CONTENTS NOTE
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From dioceses to parishes: the geography of the French church -- Wealth into benefices -- Clerics and clergy: the world of the seculars -- The monastic orders: adjustment and survival -- From mendicants to congregations -- A silent revolution: Women as regulars -- Bishops: adaptation and action -- Remaking the secular clergy -- The triumph of the parish? -- Saints and shrines -- Sacraments and sinners -- Religion taught and learned -- The forms and uses of spirituality -- The many faces of the confraternities -- Devots: the pious and the militant -- Jansenists: dissidents but also militants