Van Kley, The Religious Origins of the French Revolution, 100-60.
N. B. dires (109) = gossip, mondains (117) = worldly people, Cardinal André-Hercule Fleury is not the same person as Guillaume-François Joly de Fleury
You need to know the meaning / significance of: Margeruite Marie Alacoque, appel comme d'abus, Declaration of 1730, Louis-Adrien Le Paige, Christophe de Beaumont, certificate of confession, Louis-François de Bourbon, prince de Conti (1717-1776), Declaration of Silence
1. What were some Jansenist strongholds inside and outside Paris?
2. What Protestant characteristics / tendencies did Jansenism evince in the eighteenth century? Why are these worthy of our consideration?
3. What was judicial Jansenism? Why was it significant? Why does Van Kley tell us of François de Mairamberg?
4. Why was devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus important to the parti dévot? How else did the parti dévot manifest its presence in French politics? Who were its principal members (pp. 115-16, 139-40)? Did it see itself as an ally of the monarchy? Did the monarchy see it as an ally?
5. What was the political crisis of the early 1730s? How did the monarchy resolve it? What were the benefits and costs of the solution?
6. What were the effects of popular opinion about the monarchy between 1728 and 1740? What are van Kley's main sources for popular opinion?
7. What was the refusal-of-sacraments controversy? When did it rage? Who were the main antagonists? When, why, and how did the monarchy try to settle the controversy? Was the settlement a success? What effect did the controversy and its settlement have on royal religious policy with respect to both Catholicism and Protestantism? What objective did the Jansenists pursue after the settlement?
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