Alison Forrestal

Fathers, Pastors and Kings (eBook, ePUB)

Visions of episcopacy in seventeenth-century France

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book explores how conceptions of episcopacy (government of a church by bishops) shaped the identity of the bishops of France in the wake of the reforming Council of Trent (1545-63). It demonstrates how the episcopate, initially demoralised by the Wars of Religion, developed a powerful ideology of privilege, leadership and pastorate that enabled it to become a flourishing participant in the religious, political and social life of the ancien regime. The book analyses the attitudes of Tridentine bishops towards their office by considering the French episcopate as a recognisable caste, possessing a variety of theological and political principles that allowed it to dominate the French church.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847796158
• Artikelnr.: 42963274