The Religion of the Poor
The Religion of the Poor
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USDThe Religion of the Poor is an ambitious survey of Catholic missions into the European countryside from 1500 to 1800. The acclaimed French historian Louis Châtellier analyses the impulses to missionary activity at the end of the Middle Ages, and the specific conception of Ignatius Loyola. He then outlines in detail the development of missionary activity after the Council of Trent. In the second part Professor Châtellier discusses the type of religion proffered by the missionaries, examining a variety of key themes in Catholic belief, including the role of deity, of the cross, and of Satan. The book contains a concluding summary of the impact of these rural missions up to the French Revolution, and documents the way in which they changed in reaction to external social and political circumstance.
- Major overview of central aspect of European religious history
- Important contribution to history of Catholicism
- Latest work by leading French scholar, Louis Chatellier , author of highly successful Europe of the Devout
Reviews & endorsements
"...the book admirably serves its purpose as a sweeping survey of a neglected subject." Choice
"Châtellier has written a fascinating book.... The book itself is worth reading for those interested in a variety of subjects in Reformation and Catholic Reformation history...." Kathleen M. Comerford, Church History
"I hope Cambridge University Press will continue to make this prlific and insightful scholar's works available by the translation of his recent two-volume synthesis of the development of early modern Catholicism in France: Le catholicisme en France (Paris, 1995)." Carter Lindberg, The Journal of Religion
"Chantellier does a magnificent job..." Andrew Barnes, Journal of Social History
Product details
August 1997Hardback
9780521562010
262 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.555kg
3 b/w illus. 16 maps
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Maps
- Part I. The Extent of the Missions in Europe:
- 1. From the Middle Ages to modern times
- 2. The spirit of the Council
- 3. From the missionary impulse to the impossible mission
- 4. Apotheosis
- Part II. The World Disillusioned:
- 5. God
- 6. The cross
- 7. Bread
- 8. From pardon to salvation
- 9. Satan
- Part III. Towards a New Religion:
- 10. Changing the village
- 11. The missions challenged
- 12. From the religion of the poor to the religion of modern times
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index.
