Church and society in eighteenth-century France. Vol. 2, The religion of the people and the politics of religion / John McManners.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume explores all aspects of the relations of Church and State including the wealth of the clergy, their role in official life, in the Court at Versailles and on the scaffold.

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Abbreviations -- III: THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE -- 22 From Baptism to the Requiescat in pace -- 23 Liturgical Worship -- 24 Sermons -- 25 The Curé's Prône and Parish Missions -- 26 Religious Practice -- 27 On the Margins of Official Religion -- 28 Confraternities -- 29 Popular Religion and Clerical Reformers -- 30 The Dark Side of the Supernatural -- IV: THE CLERGY AND MORALS -- 31 The Confessional -- 32 Commercial Loans and Lotteries -- 33 Sexual Passion -- 34 The Theatre -- V: CROWN AND PARLEMENT: JESUITS AND JANSENISTS -- 35 The Jansenist Quarrel -- 36 Unigenitus.

37 The Appeal to a General Council -- 38 From the Regent to Fleury -- 39 The Changing Face of Jansenism -- 40 Fleury's Repression and the Interventions of the Parlement -- 41 The Mid-Century Crisis -- 42 The Jesuits of France -- 43 The Fall of the Jesuits -- VI: THE RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND THE ISSUE OF TOLERATION -- 44 The Huguenots: The Great Persecution -- 45 Cruelty and Compromise, 1700-1774 -- 46 Lutherans and Jews: Routine Intolerance -- 47 Towards a Grudging Toleration, 1774-1789 -- VII: THE CRISIS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME -- 48 The Twilight of Jansenism -- 49 The Political Role of the Bishops.

50 The Revolt of the Curés -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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