Priests of the French Revolution

Priests of the French Revolution
Title Priests of the French Revolution PDF eBook
Author Joseph F. Byrnes
Publisher Penn State Press
Pages 342
Release 2015-02-05
Genre History
ISBN 0271064900

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The 115,000 priests on French territory in 1789 belonged to an evolving tradition of priesthood. The challenge of making sense of the Christian tradition can be formidable in any era, but this was especially true for those priests required at the very beginning of 1791 to take an oath of loyalty to the new government—and thereby accept the religious reforms promoted in a new Civil Constitution of the Clergy. More than half did so at the beginning, and those who were subsequently consecrated bishops became the new official hierarchy of France. In Priests of the French Revolution, Joseph Byrnes shows how these priests and bishops who embraced the Revolution creatively followed or destructively rejected traditional versions of priestly ministry. Their writings, public testimony, and recorded private confidences furnish the story of a national Catholic church. This is a history of the religious attitudes and psychological experiences underpinning the behavior of representative bishops and priests. Byrnes plays individual ideologies against group action, and religious teachings against political action, to produce a balanced story of saints and renegades within a Catholic tradition.

The Old Régime

The Old Régime
Title The Old Régime PDF eBook
Author Lady Catherine Charlotte Jackson
Publisher
Pages 362
Release 1896
Genre France
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The old régime

The old régime
Title The old régime PDF eBook
Author lady Elliot Jackson
Publisher
Pages 408
Release 1899
Genre France
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!
Title There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! PDF eBook
Author Lucille Colandro
Publisher Scholastic Inc.
Pages 36
Release 2012-11-01
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0545537886

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Our favorite lady is back and hungry for Valentine's Day treats!That lovely old lady has returned just in time for Valentine's Day. Now she's swallowing items to make a very special gift for her valentine!With rhyming text and hilarious illustrations, this wacky version of the classic song will appeal to young readers as they follow the Old Lady on a wild Valentine's Day adventure.

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose
Title The Name of the Rose PDF eBook
Author Umberto Eco
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 595
Release 2014
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0544176561

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In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.

The Rose of Martinique

The Rose of Martinique
Title The Rose of Martinique PDF eBook
Author Andrea Stuart
Publisher Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Pages 734
Release 2007-12-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1555847420

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The acclaimed biography of Josephine Bonaparte, the Caribbean-born Creole who became the first wife of Napoleon and Empress of France. One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family’s sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole—sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Rescued from near starvation, she grew to epitomize the wild decadence of post-revolutionary Paris. It was there that Josephine first caught the eye of Napoleon Bonaparte. A true partner to Napoleon, she was equal parts political adviser, hostess par excellence, confidante, and passionate lover. Josephine managed to be in the forefront of every important episode of her era’s turbulent history: from the rise of the West Indian slave plantations that bankrolled Europe’s rapid economic development, to the decaying of the ancien régime, to the French Revolution itself, from which she barely escaped the guillotine. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart brings her so utterly to life that we finally understand why Napoleon’s last word before dying was the name he had given her: Josephine. “A comprehensive and truly empathetic biography. Andrea Stuart, who was raised in the Caribbean, combines scholarly distance with a genuine attempt to understand her heroine.” —The Washington Post

The Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution
Title The Haitian Revolution PDF eBook
Author Toussaint L'Ouverture
Publisher Verso Books
Pages 177
Release 2019-11-12
Genre History
ISBN 1788736575

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Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates L’Ouverture’s profound contribution to the struggle for equality.