Communities of belief: cultural and social tensions in early modern France
Introduction -- PART I: REBELS, DEVIANTS, AND VICTIMS. Witchcraft and the community in France and French-speaking Europe -- Witchcraft and popular mentality in Lorraine, 1580-1690 -- Ill will and magical power in Lorraine witchcraft -- Popular revolt in its social context -- PART II: AGENCIES OF CO...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Clarendon Press
1995
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| In: | Year: 1995 |
| Reviews: | Communities of Belief. Cultural and social tensions in early modern France. By Robin Briggs. Pp. ix + 423. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. £40. 0 19 821981 4 (1990) (Moote, A. Lloyd)
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| Edition: | Paperback ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Clarendon paperbacks
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Popular belief
/ History 1580-1730
B France / Deviance / Social control / Social change / History 1600-1700 |
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Church and social problems (France)
History 17th century
B Social Conflict (France) History 17th century B Witchcraft (France) History 17th century B History (Europe) |
| Summary: | Introduction -- PART I: REBELS, DEVIANTS, AND VICTIMS. Witchcraft and the community in France and French-speaking Europe -- Witchcraft and popular mentality in Lorraine, 1580-1690 -- Ill will and magical power in Lorraine witchcraft -- Popular revolt in its social context -- PART II: AGENCIES OF CONTROL. Church and state from Henri IV to Louis XIV -- The church and the family in seventeenth-century France -- The sins of the people: auricular confession and the imposition of social norms -- The catholic puritans: Jansenists and rigorists in France -- Id(c)♭es and mentalit(c)♭s: the case of the catholic reform movement in France -- Conclusion: Religion, repression, and popular culture -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 0198206038 |