France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart - An Epic Tale for Modern Times

Informationen zum Autor Raymond Jonas! Professor of History at the University of Washington! is the author of France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart: An Epic Tale for Modern Times (California! 2000)! Industry and Politics in Rural France: Peasants of the Isère! 1870-1914 (1994)! and Le Sacré-Coeur; histoire d'une dévotion du XVIe au XXe siècle (2004). Klappentext An engaging historical analysis of the cult of the Sacred Heart in France from its origins in the 17th century! through the French revolution! to the construction of Sacre-Coeur in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Zusammenfassung This text tells the story of the church of the Sacred Heart in Paris - a monument to French Catholicism and national identity. The book focuses on key moments in its development and draws on archival sources to produce a narrative which encompasses French politics, history, architecture, and art.

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• Authors: Raymond Jonas, Raymond A. Jonas, Raymond Anthony Jonas, Jonas Raymond
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2000
• EAN: 9780520221369
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22136-9
• No. of pages: 323
• Series: Studies on the History of Society and Culture; Studies on the History of Soci; Studies on the History of Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; History, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity