Van Kley, The Religious Origins of the French Revolution, 75-100.
1. You need to know the meaning / significance of: Antoine de Noailles, Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille, Saint-Magloire, ecclesiology, Nouvelles ecclésiastiques, François de Pâris, Saint-Médard, convulsions
2. What is a phyrric victory (p. 76)? Why was the monarchy's victory over Jansenism a phyrric one? Keep this question in mind as you read to the end of the chapter.
3. Van Kley analyzes Vivien de La Borde's On the Testimony of Truth (1714) and Nicolas Le Gros's On the Downfall of the Liberties of the Gallican Church (1716) and Memorandum on the Rights of the Second Order (1733). Why are these texts important? How do these texts fit into the chapter?
4. What approach to Jansenism did the government take in the first decade or so after Louis XIV's death?
5. What is the significance of Bishop Jean-Joseph Languet de Villeneuve de Gergy's defence of Unigenitus?
6. What is Figurism? Why does Van Kley discuss it?
7. How did Jansenism remain popular in the 1720s and the 1730s? How did it pose a political threat to the monarchy?
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