Unnatural Frenchmen : the politics of priestly celibacy and marriage, 1720-1815 /

Cage, E. Claire, 1982-

Unnatural Frenchmen : the politics of priestly celibacy and marriage, 1720-1815 / E. Claire Cage. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Clerical celibacy from early Christianity to the Ancien regime -- An unnatural state: the clerical celibacy controversy in Enlightenment France -- Priests into citizens: clerical marriage during the early Revolution, 1789-1793 -- A social crime: clerical celibacy from the Terror to Napoleon -- Married priests in the Napoleonic era.



9780813937120 9780813937137


Catholic Church--Clergy--History--18th century.
Catholic Church--Clergy--History--19th century.
Catholic Church--Influence.--France


Celibacy--Catholic Church--History--18th century.
Celibacy--Catholic Church--History--19th century.


Electronic Books.

BX1912 / .U563 2015