Religious Renewal in France, 1789-1870

Examines the response of the Roman Catholic Church to revolution and cultural upheaval in France between 1789 and 1870 Considers the role of the Church, the activities of parish priests and the responses of the parish Provides a cultural and social historiographical approach, utilising extensive archival research

Roger Price is Emeritus Professor of History at Aberystwyth University, UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published a large number of articles and books on the economic, social and political history of nineteenth-century France and Europe. Previous publications include The French Second Empire: An Anatomy of Political Power (2001); People and Politics in France, 1848-1870 (2004); A Concise History of France(2014); Documents on the Second French Empire, 1852-1870 (Palgrave, 2015); and The Modernization of Rural France: Communications Networks and Agricultural Market Structures in Nineteenth-Century France (2017). In addition to this book, his study of The Church and the State in France, 1789-1870: Fear of God is the Basis of Social Order will soon be published by Palgrave.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I:L-Eglise de France.- Chapter 2. God-s Church.- Chapter 3. Doctrine : the move towards Rome.- Chapter 4. Pastoral Care : the clergy and the people of God.- Chapter 5. The Protection of Moral Order.- Chapter 6. Saints and Sinners.- Chapter 7. The Practice of Religion.- Chapter 8. Anticlericalism.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.-Appendices.- Index