Religious Persecution in the French Enlightenment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3422443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David D Bien (Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-333 |
| Publication date | 1961-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3161567 |
| OpenAlex | W2137174727 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In France, religious persecution outlived Pierre Bayle and nearly outlived Voltaire. Only in the mid-1760's, when the Enlightenment had long been affecting other aspects of their thinking, did Catholics at last accept a measure of religious toleration. Six Calvinist pastors were put to death after 1745, and Jean Calas was condemned as late as 1762. The purpose of this article is to study why the persecution of religions persisted in a non-theological age. Our understanding in this instance requires that we set aside strictly religious categories, and examine what role the secular state played in the thinking of Catholics and anti-Catholics alike; for it was this state to which the last Huguenot victims were sacrificed
Aside · Enlightenment · Persecution · Political science · Religious persecution · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · Toleration · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |