The wanton Jesuit and the wayward saint : a tale of sex, religion, and politics in eighteenth-century France


Mita Choudhury
Bok Engelsk 2015
Omfang
xiii, 234 sider : illustrasjoner
Opplysninger
The Girard/Cadière relationship. A community of faith -- The meeting of two souls -- Unraveling and betrayal -- The trial. Becoming a cause célèbre -- Arguing the case -- Before the courts -- Beyond the Grand' Chambre. -- Public opinion and the story of the wanton jesuit -- The aftermath.. - "Investigates the scandalous 1731 trial in which a young woman in the south of France accused her Jesuit confessor of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Examines this trial in the context of growing public disenchantment with the church and the monarchy"--Forleggeromtale
Emner
Geografisk emneord
Frankrike : (NO-TrBIB)HUME02240
Dewey
ISBN
9780271070810

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