THE WANTON JESUIT AND THE WAYWARD SAINT: A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France
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. Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 234
Publisher: Penn State Univ
ISBN: 9780271070810
Item #: 7942648
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