Priest & parish in eighteenth-century France : a social and political study of the curés in a diocese of Dauphiné, 1750-1791 / by Timothy Tackett.

Author: Tackett, Timothy, 1945-

Imprint:Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c1977.

Descriptionxiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note:The diocese of Gap in the 18th century -- PART ONE: A CAREER IN THE CLERGY: Entry into the clergy -- The education of the parish priest -- Career patterns and the benefice system -- Economic situation of the parish priest -- PART TWO: PRIEST AND PARISH: The curés in society: a local elite -- Patterns of community rivalry -- Patterns of religious rivalry -- PART THREE: THE REVOLT OF THE PARISH PRIESTS: Politicization of the parish clergy -- The pre-Revolution in Dauphiné -- The civil constitution and the oath of 1791 -- De-Christianization and the end of an era: an epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 307-331.

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