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9780271070810 Academic Inspection Copy

The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint

A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France
  • ISBN-13: 9780271070810
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Mita Choudhury
  • Price: AUD $141.00
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2016
  • Format: Hardback 248 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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Investigates the scandalous 1731 trial in which a young woman in the south of France accused her Jesuit confessor of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Examines this trial in the context of growing public disenchantment with the church and the monarchy.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Girard/Cadière Relationship

1 A Community of Faith

2 The Meeting of Two Souls

3 Unraveling and Betrayal

The Trial

4 Becoming a Cause Célèbre

5 Arguing the Case

6 Before the Courts

Beyond the Grand’Chambre

7 Public Opinion and the Story of the Wanton Jesuit

8 The Aftermath

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index


“Choudhury writes vividly and unfolds the scandal at some pace and with persuasion, based, as her study is, on examination of private correspondence, official exchanges, and police records.”

—Nigel Aston, Journal of Social History

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