The Religion of the Poor: Rural Missions in Europe and the Formation of Modern Catholicism, c.1500–c.1800 - Hardcover

Châtellier, Louis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521562015 ISBN 13: 9780521562010

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1997

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The Religion of the Poor is a major work of early modern social and cultural history, now translated into English for the first time. The acclaimed French historian Louis Châtellier undertakes an ambitious survey of Catholic missions into the European countryside from 1500 to 1800.

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'Châtellier's potent book fills a glaring gap in our understanding of Christian mission ... this book will perform long service as a mine for students and researchers alike.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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The Religion of the Poor is an ambitious survey of Catholic missions into the European countryside from 1500 to 1800. The acclaimed French historian Louis Châtellier analyses the impulses to missionary activity at the end of the Middle Ages, and the specific conception of Ignatius Loyola. He then outlines in detail the development of missionary activity after the Council of Trent. In the second part Professor Châtellier discusses the type of religion proffered by the missionaries, examining a variety of key themes in Catholic belief, including the role of deity, of the cross, and of Satan. The book contains a concluding summary of the impact of these rural missions up to the French Revolution, and documents the way in which they changed in reaction to external social and political circumstance.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521562015
• ISBN 13: 9780521562010
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 262