Church and Culture in Seventeenth-Century France

by Henry Phillips

Overview

This original and far-reaching study looks afresh at the involvement of the Catholic Church in the cultural life of France in the seventeenth century. Professor Phillips provides a comprehensive overview of art and literature, education, ideas and censorship, and he focuses on the Church as a reforming and reformed institution in the context of the Counter-Reformation. The strength of his synthesis, the first of its kind in English, lies in the breadth of its concerns and in its combination of social, religious and intellectual history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521570237
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/09/1997
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The spaces of belief; 2. The spaces of representation; 3. The spaces of education; 4. The spaces of dissension; 5. The space of ideas; 6. The spaces of discussion; 7. The spaces of hostility: belief; 8. The spaces of hostility: unbelief; 9. The space of the word; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

"...provocative and convincing work..." J.E. Brink, Choice

"...the book provides a useful overview of French culture at a critical moment in its history." The Catholic Historical Review

"Phillips has written a marvelous book." Lionel Rothkrug, 16th Century Jrnl

"...Phillips provides a useful survey of principal relgious and intellectual themes in seventeenth-century France. The book is well written, attractively produced with footnotes at the bottom of the page, and has a serviceable index." John T. O'Connor, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

"...a useful contribution that scholars of early modern religion will want to read." Richard M. Golden, Religious Studies Review

"This book will be useful, perhaps invaluable, for anyone wishing greater insight into seventeenth-century French religion, culture, and society, whether they are interested in the Jansenist controversy, the impact of the new science, developments in education, art, or a variety of other topics that cannot be dealt with in brief review." Mark Konnert, Historian

"...a fascinating, well-researched book that illuminates how 'organized religion' in seventeenth-century France became more organized as a result of the Counter-Reformation and how that organization took the form of increasingly systematic differentiations between the sacred and the profane, between notions of an inside and of an outside." Sara E. Melzer, Journal of Modern History

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