Fathers, pastors and kings: Visions of episcopacy in seventeenth-century France

This book explores how the conceptions of episcopacy 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 demoralized by the Wars of Religion, developed a powerful ideology of privilege, leadership and pas...

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Main Author:	Forrestal, Alison
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester University Press 2021
Subjects:	france bishops religion Clergy Episcopal polity God Jansenism Paris Pope Rome thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVS Religious institutions and organizations::QRVS1 Religious and spiritual figures
Online Access:	341332
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