Van Kley, The Religious Origins of the French Revolution, 160-90.
You need to know the meaning / significance of: homology (160), Damiens affair, mauvais propos
1. Who relived the French Wars of Religion in the 1750s? How and why?
2. How did Jansenism and the parti dévot contribute to the desacralization of the monarchy in the 1750s?
3. Why and how did the clergy become a casualty of the desacralization of the monarchy in popular opinion? Who were some of main targets of popular hostility?
4. What role did the Damiens affair play in desacralization of the monarchy?
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