Etiqueta: Dale K Van Kley

The Religious Origins Of The French Revolution

The Religious Origins Of The French Revolution

Annotation Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizenry, it actually had long-term religious — even Christian — origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half centuries that preceded the revolution, Van Kley explores the diverse, often warring […]