Christianity and Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1830

by Nigel Aston

Overview

This new introduction to religious history reviews the events of the turbulent period of the French Revolution. It is an accessible summary of key developments in the confrontation between the Churches and the Enlightenment. The text is supplemented by illuminating illustrations, maps and a glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521460279
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/09/2003
Series:	New Approaches to European History , #25
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Nigel Aston is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester. His most recent book is Religion and Revolution in France, 1780–1804 (2000).

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Later Eighteenth-Century Religion: 1. Church structures and ministry; 2. Beliefs, society and worship. The expression of Christianity in Europe, c.1750–90; 3. Intellectual challenges and the religious response; 4. Church and State; Part II. Revolution and its Aftermath: 5. Revolutions and the Churches: the initial impact; 6. The impact of the Revolution on religious life and practice, c.1793–1802; 7. Religion in Napoleonic Europe, 1802–15; 8. Religious revival after 1815?

Editorial Reviews

"The best overall survey of its large and important subject." The International History Review

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