Fathers, pastors and kings : visions of episcopacy in seventeenth-century France / Alison Forrestal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrestal, Alison.

Contributor:

Forrestal, Alison, contributor.

Series:

Studies in early modern European history.

Studies in early modern European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Bishops--France--History--17th century.

Catholic Church.

Episcopacy.

France--Church history--17th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages) : 1 map; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Fathers, Pastors and Kings is a first-class research monograph on an important issue in the history of the Catholic Church, exploring the conceptions of episcopacy that shaped the identity of the bishops of France in the wake of the reforming Council of Trent (1545–63).

Contents:

Map of French dioceses

Introduction

1. Catholic renewal and episcopal traditions in the sixteenth century

2. The most perfect state: French clerical reformers and episcopal status

3. Lower clergy versus bishops

4. Ecclesiastical monarchy or monarchies?

5. An uneasy alliance

6. Manuals and hagiography: mirrors of French ideals?

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-253) and index.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Description based on print record and e-publication, viewed on November 8, 2018.

ISBN:

9786610719617

9780719069772

0719069777

9781526120625

1526120623

9781781700594

1781700591

9781280719615

1280719613

9781847791061

1847791069

OCLC:

84860078

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access