Reclaiming the Sacred : : Lay Religion and Popular Politics in Revolutionary France / / Suzanne Desan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Desan, Suzanne,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 4 b&w illustrations, 5 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Maps --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; 1. Introduction: Religion and Politics in the French Revolution --; 2. Religious and Political Landscapes of the Yonne --; 3. Recreating the Sacred: The Emergence of Lay Cults --; 4. Redefining Revolutionary Liberty: The Rhetoric and Politics of Religious Revival --; 5. Rioting in God’s Name: Activism, Gender, and Community --; 6. Conclusion --; Appendix: National Religious Policy --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501734021; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501734021
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Suzanne Desan.

Reclaiming the Sacred examines the ways in which the new secular political culture of the French Revolution transformed the religious practices of lay people. Focusing on the Yonne, a prorevolutionary department in Burgundy, Suzanne Desan analyzes how the region's laity responded to the revolutionaries' attempts to dechristianize France and to replace Christianity with new revolutionary cults.