Priests of the French Revolution Saints and Renegades in a New Political Era.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Byrnes, Joseph F.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Penn State University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	1700-1799 Church and state > France > History > 18th century. Christianity and politics > France > History > 18th century. Priests > France > History > 18th century. Christianity and politics Church and state Priests War > Religious aspects France > Church history > 18th century. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Religious aspects. France Church history History
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Table of Contents:

Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue
PART I: ENGAGEMENT, 1789-1791
1 The Formation of a Revolutionary Priest: Sieyès and Grégoire
2 The Priests in Action: From Estates General to National Assembly
3 Claude Fauchet at the Bastille
4 The Church of Adrien Lamourette and His Allies
PART II: SURVIVAL, 1791-1795
5 The Failed Relationship of Revolutionary Church and State
6 The Tragic Convention Years
7 Terrorists and Abdicators: Ultimate Renegades
PART III: REVIVAL, 1795-1802
8 The New Constitutional French Church
9 Stabilizing the Constitutional Church: Claude Le Coz and the Council of 1797
10 Constitutional Irresolution in the See of Paris: Jean-Baptiste Royer and the Council of 1801
11 Constitutional Clergy in the Church of Napoleon's Concordat
12 The Afterlife of the Constitutional Church: Hopes and Reality
Appendix: Administration of the Constitutional Church and Oath Adherence by Department
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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