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The end of an élite : the French bishops and the coming of the revolution, 1786-1790
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aston, Nigel, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford historical monographs The end of an âelite
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--France--Bishops--History--18th century.
- Catholic Church.
- France--Church history--18th century.
- France.
- France--History--Louis XVI, 1744-1793.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 342 p.).
- Other Title:
- The End of an Élite
- end of an âelite
- Oxford historical monographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of the bishops of the French Church at the outbreak of the French Revolution, this work explores the role of the episcopate in national and provincial politics in the last years of the Ancien Regime and the part played by the bishops in the early, critical stages of the Revolution.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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