Christianity and Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1830Christianity and Revolutionary Europe, c. 1750 1830 is a succinct new introduction to religious history during this turbulent period. It appears in the respected textbook series New Approaches to European History, and provides students with an accessible summary of key developments in the confrontation between the Churches and the Enlightenment. The text is supported by illuminating illustrations and maps, and a glossary of unfamiliar terms gives further help to the student reader. It will be of key interest to all those following courses on church history and the French Revolution. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Church structures and ministry | 9 |
the expression | 49 |
Intellectual challenges and the religious response | 93 |
Church and state | 134 |
the initial impact | 175 |
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Common terms and phrases
alliance ancien régime Anglican anticlericalism archbishop Austrian Austrian Netherlands authority bishops Bonaparte Britain British Cambridge Cardinal cathedral Catholic Church Catholicism Charles Christian Church of England churchmen Civil Constitution clergy clerical Concordat confessional congregations culture curés decade dechristianisation deism despite diocese dissenters divine ecclesiastical eighteenth century elite emperor Empire English Enlightenment episcopal European Evangelical faith favour France French Revolution Gallican Church Germany Habsburg hardback 0 521 hierarchy History Holy inspired Ireland Irish Italy Jacobin Jansenism Jansenist Jesuits Joseph Joseph II king laity less London Louis lower clergy Lutheran Methodists ministers ministry monarchy Napoleon organisation Orthodox Oxford papacy papal Paris parish clergy pastoral patriotic Pietist Pius VI Pius VII political pope popular preaching prelates priests Protestant Protestantism Prussia Quoted Reformation religion religious republican revival revolutionary Roman Catholic Rome royal Scotland secular sermons social society Spain Spanish spiritual Sunday theology tion toleration William women worship
References to this book
The Shaping of Ulster Presbyterian Belief and Practice, 1770-1840 Andrew R. Holmes No preview available - 2006 |