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22%OFFJoseph F. Byrnes - Priests of the French Revolution: Saints and Renegades in a New Political Era - 9780271063782 - V9780271063782
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Priests of the French Revolution: Saints and Renegades in a New Political Era

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Description for Priests of the French Revolution: Saints and Renegades in a New Political Era Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; HR; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.

The 115,000 priests on French territory in 1789 belonged to an evolving tradition of priesthood. The challenge of making sense of the Christian tradition can be formidable in any era, but this was especially true for those priests required at the very beginning of 1791 to take an oath of loyalty to the new government—and thereby accept the religious reforms promoted in a new Civil Constitution of the Clergy. More than half did so at the beginning, and those who were subsequently consecrated bishops became the new official hierarchy of France. In Priests of the French Revolution, Joseph Byrnes shows ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
University Park, United States
ISBN
9780271063782
SKU
V9780271063782
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About Joseph F. Byrnes
Joseph F. Byrnes is Professor of Modern European History at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of Catholic and French Forever: Religious and National Identity in Modern France (Penn State, 2005).

Reviews for Priests of the French Revolution: Saints and Renegades in a New Political Era
“Joseph Byrnes offers the long-awaited first historical synthesis on the patriot clergy of the French Revolution. A necessary scholarly reconsideration, based on reliable sources, and far from the usual caricatures.” —Paul Chopelin, Université Jean Moulin Lyon III “In Priests of the French Revolution, Joseph Byrnes provides us with a captivating study of the priests who embraced the Revolution and ... Read more

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