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Religion and the Politics of Time: Holidays in France from Louis XIV through Napoleon
Noah Shusterman
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Hardcover. A study of the changes in religious holidays in Old Regime and Revolutionary France. It highlights the importance of cultural and religious history in the transformations of French society that took place from the mid-seventeenth through the early nineteenth century and tells a story of the development of a French national calendar of holidays. Num Pages: 299 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Religion and the Politics of Time is an extensive study of the changes in religious holidays in Old Regime and Revolutionary France. It highlights the importance of cultural and religious history in the transformations of French society that took place from the mid-seventeenth through the early nineteenth century and tells an important story of the development of a French national calendar of holidays. In Old Regime France, local bishops decided which holidays people living in their dioceses were required to observe. Even for non-Catholics, these were official holidays subject to the same regulations as Sundays, when most work was forbidden. ... Read more
Religion and the Politics of Time is an extensive study of the changes in religious holidays in Old Regime and Revolutionary France. It highlights the importance of cultural and religious history in the transformations of French society that took place from the mid-seventeenth through the early nineteenth century and tells an important story of the development of a French national calendar of holidays. In Old Regime France, local bishops decided which holidays people living in their dioceses were required to observe. Even for non-Catholics, these were official holidays subject to the same regulations as Sundays, when most work was forbidden. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813217253
SKU
V9780813217253
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About Noah Shusterman
NOAH SHUSTERMAN received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and is lecturer in the Intellectual Heritage Program of Temple University. His specialized areas of interest are French and European history, as well as intellectual history and social theory.
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