| Description |
viii, 342 pages ; 23 cm |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Contents |
1. An Apostolic Elite: The Bishops of the French Church at the end of the Ancien Regime -- 2. The Bishops, Political Reform and Public Administration -- 3. The Bishops and the First Assembly of Notables, Spring 1787 -- 4. A Clerical Minister: Brienne, the Bishops, and the Local Assemblies -- 5. The Fall of Brienne -- 6. Necker, the Clergy, and 'Patriotism' -- 7. Bishops versus Cures: Clerical Elections to the Estates-General, Spring 1789 -- 8. The End of the First Estate: The Bishops and the Estates-General, May-July 1789 -- 9. The Failure of Patriotism: The Bishops in the National Assembly, July-September 1789 -- 10. The Bishops outside the Assembly and the New Political Order, 1789-1790 -- 11. The Constitutionalists on the Defensive, Winter 1789-1790 -- 12. The Bishops and the Civil Constitution, 1790 -- Appendix 1. Map of the Bishoprics of France, 1789 -- Appendix 2. The Archbishops and Bishops of France in 1789 Listed by Province |
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Appendix 3. Episcopal Membership of the Provincial Assemblies, 1787-1788 -- Appendix 4. Prelates Elected to the Estates-General, May 1789 -- Appendix 5. Summary of Careers of the Archbishops and Bishops of the French Church after the Outbreak of the Revolution, Arranged According to Province |
| Analysis |
Catholicism Bishops History |
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France |
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Catholicism Bishops History |
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France |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-325) and index |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- France -- Bishops -- History -- 18th century.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Church history -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051180
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France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051308
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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| LC no. |
92010646 |
| ISBN |
0198202849 (cloth) |
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