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Book SynopsisThe imposition of a loyalty oath on French clergymen in the winter of 1790 was a turning point in the Revolutionary decade after 1789. What is more, there is a remarkable similarity between the geography of this oath--the regional percentages of those who accepted or rejected it--and the geographic patterns of religious practice and political behav
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. iii*Table of Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. xi*List of Figures, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xv*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*Abbreviations, pg. xxi*ONE. The Oath and the French Revolution, pg. 3*TWO. The Statistical Approach to the Oath: An Overview, pg. 34*THREE. Clergymen Explain Their Oaths, pg. 59*FOUR. Collective Portraits, pg. 75*FIVE. The Ecclesiastical Milieu, pg. 99*SIX. Clerical Politics, pg. 127*SEVEN. Clerical Leadership and the Voice from Below, pg. 159*EIGHT .The Oath as a Referendum, pg. 183*NINE. The Protestant Menace, pg. 205*TEN. Clericalism and the Oath, pg. 226*ELEVEN. The Urban Elites and the Oath, pg. 251*TWELVE. The Meaning of the Oath, pg. 287*Appendix I: Note on Method and Sources, pg. 303*Appendix II: Oath Statistics by Department and District, pg. 307*Appendix III: Oath Statistics (Summary), pg. 364*Appendix IV: Estimated Oath-taking for Old-Regime Dioceses, pg. 367*Appendix V: Incidence of Cure Collective Action, 1730-1786, pg. 369*Sources and Bibliography, pg. 373*Index, pg. 409
