Patriot priests: French Catholic clergy and national identity in World War I

After serving two and a half years as a stretcher-bearer on the Western Front, Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote that he would "a thousand times rather be throwing grenades or handling a machine gun than be supernumerary as I am now." Mobilized by military laws dating to 1889...

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Main Author: May, Anita Rasi 1940- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Norman University of Oklahoma Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B France / Catholic church / Clergy / World War
Further subjects:B Catholic Church Clergy History 20th century France
B Military chaplains Catholic Church History 20th century
B World War, 1914-1918 Religious aspects Catholic Church
B Priests History 20th century France
B Catholic Church History 20th century France
B World War, 1914-1918 Chaplains France
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