The Religious Origins of the French Revolution; From Calvin to the Civil Constitution, 1560-1791

by Dale K. Van Kley

• ISBN13: 9780300080858
• ISBN10: 0300080859
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-11-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizenry, it actually had long-term religious -- even Christian -- origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half centuries that preceded the revolution, Van Kley explores the diverse, often warring religious strands that influenced political events up to the revolution.

Author Biography

Dale K. Van Kley is professor of history at Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	VI
Introduction	1	(14)
CHAPTER 1 From Calvin to Quesnel	15	(60)
CHAPTER 2 The Century of Unigenitus	75	(60)
CHAPTER 3 The Siege of Sacral Absolutism	135	(56)
CHAPTER 4 The Conceptual Dismantling of Sacral Absolutism	191	(58)
CHAPTER 5 From Religious to Ideological "Parties"	249	(54)
CHAPTER 6 From Ideology to Revolution and Counter-Revolution	303	(66)
Conclusion	369	(7)
Bibliographical Note	376	(2)
Index	378