1st Edition
The Divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645 'The Parting of the Ways'
By Anthony D. Wright
Copyright 2011
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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For much of the sixteenth-century, France was wracked with religious strife, as the Wars of Religion pitted Catholic against Protestant. Whilst the conversion of Henri IV to Catholicism ended much of the conflict, the ensuing peace highlighted the fractious nature of French Catholicism and the many competing threads that ran through it. This book investigates the gradual division of the French... Read more
Contents: Part I Prologomena: The historical context; The original context; The Dévot movement; The progress of the Dévots, 1615-1629. Part II The Heart of the Matter: The political pressures; The emerging tensions; The defining critique; The outcome; Select bibliography; Index.
Biography
Anthony D. Wright, University of Leeds, UK.
'Scholars interested in conflicts between regular and secular clergy will ... find here a wealth of new material... Recommended.' Choice 'The Divisions of French Catholicism succeeds in underscoring the profound disunity among Catholic reformers in early and mid-seventeenth-century France. The book will especially interest scholars of the Catholic Reformation, French Catholicism, Jansenism, and the Jesuits.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'For Wright, the Jansenist dichotomy of true and false orthodoxy, in which they were the champions of legitimate doctrine, was fatally destructive of the original Dévot vision of an all-Catholic France. Targeted towards the specialist in seventeenth-century French Catholic history, this work repays close attention, because it provides a thorough examination of the disintegration of this vision as the Dévots identified the enemies that they feared stood within their own ranks.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'Wright offers a new, important perspective on Jansenism’s origins.' American Historical Review
