The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint
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The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint

A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France

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The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint

A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France

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This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her Jesuit confessor, Jean-Baptiste Girard, of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Generally considered to be the last witchcraft trial in early modern France, the Cadière affair was central to the volatile politics of 1730s France, a time when magistrates and lawyers were seeking to contain clerical power.

Mita Choudhury's examination of the trial sheds light on two important phenomena with broad historical implications: the questioning of traditional authority and the growing disquiet about the role of the sacred and divine in French society. Both contributed to the French people's ever-increasing disenchantment with the church and the king. Choudhury builds her story through an extensive examination of archival material, including trial records, pamphlets, periodicals, and unpublished correspondence from witnesses.

The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint offers new insights into how the eighteenth-century public interpreted the accusations and why the case consumed the public for years, developing from a local sex scandal to a referendum on religious authority and its place in French society and politics.

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Publisher
Penn State University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780271077048
Topic
History
Subtopic
French History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Notes to Introduction
  8. Part I: The Girard/Cadière Relationship
  9. Chapter 1: A Community of Faith
  10. Chapter 2: The Meeting of Two Souls
  11. Chapter 3: Unraveling and Betrayal
  12. Notes to Chapter 3
  13. Part II: The Trial
  14. Chapter 4: Becoming a Cause Celèbre
  15. Notes to Chapter 4
  16. Chapter 5: Arguing the Case
  17. Chapter 6: Before the Courts
  18. Notes to Chapter 6
  19. Part III: Beyond the Grand'Chambre
  20. Chapter 7: Public Opinion and the Story of the Wanton Jesuit
  21. Notes to Chapter 7
  22. Chapter 8: The Aftermath
  23. Notes to Chapter 8
  24. Epilogue
  25. Notes to Epilogue
  26. Notes
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index
  29. COVER Back