Conscience and Conversion - Religious Liberty in Post-Revolutionary France

Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age. --

Summary

Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age. --

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Kselman, Thomas A. Kselman, Kselman Thomas A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780300226133
• ISBN: 978-0-300-22613-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, General and world history, History and Archaeology