An edition of Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint (2015)
Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint
A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France
By Mita Choudhury
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Publish Date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,Penn State University Press
Language
eng
Pages
248
Description:
"Investigates the scandalous 1731 trial in which a young woman in the south of France accused her Jesuit confessor of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Examines this trial in the context of growing public disenchantment with the church and the monarchy"--Provided by publisher.