Suffering Saints - Jansenists and Convulsionnaires in France, 1640-1799 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

This comprehensive survey of Jansenism and Convulsionism in France is the only work currently available in English that attempts to place the Jansenist movement in the context of French political, social, economic, religious and intellectual developments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author provides biographical sketches of its key leaders, analyzes their major writings, and highlights both the movement's internal conflicts and its struggles against Church and State persecution. From letters, diaries, books and speeches, Brian Strayer explains such important Jansenist themes as suffering, saintliness, truth, conflict, passive resistance, and their gradual embracing of toleration. He provides fresh insights into asceticism, Gallicanism, Richerism, Conciliarism, Jesuitism, and Convulsionism in their historical contexts. With gentle wit, the author exposes the contradictions and paradoxes within the movement, shares human interest stories about the Port-Royal nuns, and shows how papal bulls poisoned the religious and political life in France from 1643 to 1713 and beyond. "Suffering Saints" is the result of five years of research in primary and secondary sources from several major archives and libraries in Paris and the United States.

General

Imprint:	Sussex Academic Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	July 2008
Authors:	Brian E. Strayer
Dimensions:	171 x 246 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84519-245-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-84519-245-1
Barcode:	9781845192457

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