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The wanton Jesuit and the wayward saint : a tale of sex, religion, and politics in eighteenth-century France /
- Title
- The wanton Jesuit and the wayward saint : a tale of sex, religion, and politics in eighteenth-century France / Mita Choudhury.
- Author
- Choudhury, Mita, 1964-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 234 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Trials (Seduction)
- Sexual misconduct by clergy
- Jansenists
- Cadière, Marie-Catherine, 1709-
- Girard, Jean-Baptiste, 1680-1733
- Cadière, Marie-Catherine, 1709- > Trials, litigation, etc
- Jesuits France > History > 18th century
- History
- Trials, litigation, etc
- Girard, Jean-Baptiste, 1680-1733 > Trials, litigation, etc
- Jesuits
- Sexual misconduct by clergy > France > History > 18th century
- France > Aix-en-Provence
- Trials (Seduction) > France > Aix-en-Provence > History > 18th century
- Jansenists > France > History > 18th century
- 1700 - 1799
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224 ) and index.
- Contents
- The Girard/Cadière relationship. A community of faith -- The meeting of two souls -- Unraveling and betrayal -- The trial. Becoming a cause célèbre -- Arguing the case -- Before the courts -- Beyond the Grand' Chambre. -- Public opinion and the story of the wanton jesuit -- The aftermath.
- ISBN
- 9780271070810 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271070811 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2015022780
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library