Unnatural Frenchmen The Politics of Priestly Celibacy and Marriage, 1720-1815 |
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| Author:
| Cage, E. Claire |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3712-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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In Enlightenment and Revolutionary France, new and pressing arguments emerged in the long debate over clerical celibacy. Appeals for the abolition of celibacy were couched primarily in the language of nature, social utility, and the patrie. Unnatural Frenchmen examines how this extremely divisive issue shaped religious politics, the lived experience of French clerics, and gendered citizenship.
In Enlightenment and Revolutionary France, new and pressing arguments emerged in the long debate over clerical celibacy. Appeals for the abolition of celibacy were couched primarily in the language of nature, social utility, and the patrie. Unnatural Frenchmen examines how this extremely divisive issue shaped religious politics, the lived experience of French clerics, and gendered citizenship.