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TheCatholicismsofCoutancesisarichlydetailedaccountofFrancefromtheHundredYearsx19WartotheFrenchrevolution.Coiningthewordx1ccatholicismsx1dtodenotethecomplexvarietiesofreligiousbeliefsandpracticeswithintheChurchJ.MichaelHaydenpresentsadetailedanalysisofthedioceseofCoutancesx13chosenbecauseoftheunusuallylargenumberofrecordsavailablex13toshedlightonthemanywaysinwhichreligiondevelopedandaffectedlifeinearlymodernFrance.OpeningwithageographicalandchronologicalsketchofthedioceseHaydendescribesthecatholicismsofmid-fourteenthcenturyCoutancesdiscussingtheirevolutionandeffectsoverfourhundredyears.EmployingawidearrayofprimarysourcesthebookprovidesameticulousstudythatincludesqualitativeanalysesofpapalanddiocesandocumentsandsynodalstatutesaquantitativeanalysisofordinationandpastoralvisitrecordsandacombinationofbothformsofanalysisofthecahierspreparedfortheEstatesGeneralof1789.TheCatholicismsofCoutancesisaninnovativecontributiontocontemporaryunderstandingsofCatholicbeliefsandpracticesintheearlymodernperiodandtheirprofoundeffectonthepeopleofadiocese.J.MichaelHaydenisprofessoremeritusofhistoryattheUniversityofSaskatchewanandco-authorof600YearsofReformBishopsandtheFrenchChurch1190x131789.OliverCromwellhadnotadropofroyalbloodinhim.Yetin1657promptedbythepoliticalchaosthatfollowedtheexecutionofCharlesIandinspiredbyabeliefthatareturntomonarchywastheonlywaytostabilizethenationparliamentofferedCromwellthecrownofBritain.InPerceptionsofaMonarchywithoutaKingBenjaminWoodfordexploreshowfactionsbothinsideandoutsideofgovernmentreactedtothisunprecedentedevent.MovingawayfromabiographicalfocusonCromwellWoodfordlookstotheprintcultureoftheperiodtoexaminekingshipandtheCromwellianregimeasacomplexphenomenonthateliciteddiversereactionsx13frombroadlyinfavourtodead-setagainst.WoodfordanalyzesCromwellx19sspeechesalongwithpropa-gandanewspaperspoetryrepublicanwritingsandtheworksofreligioussects.ThefactthatmanyofthesewritingswereproducedbymenandwomenwhowerenotmembersofthegovernmentdemonstratesthatbothpoliticiansandthegeneralpublicwereinterestedinthetopicsofCromwellandkingship.Cromwellx19smilitaryandpoliticalpowerrenderedhimacandidateforkingshipbutevenwithhisrecordofachievementtheofferofthecrowntoanon-noblemanwascontroversial.PerceptionsofaMonarchywithoutaKingrevealstheentirenationx19sresponsestothekingshipdebateswhilesimultaneouslyillustratingthepersistenceofthemonarchyinthe1650s.BenjaminWoodfordisasshrcpostdoctoralfellowatQueenx19sUniversity.36MQUPSPRING2013FRENCHHISTORYRELIGIOUSSTUDIESBRITISHHISTORYSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-Queenx19sStudiesintheHistoryofReligionMay2013978-0-7735-4113-9100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9384pp4maps4tables1diagramSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSApril2013978-0-7735-4109-2100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9240ppSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableTheCatholicismsofCoutancesVarietiesofReligioninEarlyModernFrance1350x131789j.michaelhaydenHowreligiousbeliefandpracticeshapeddailylifeinearlymodernFrance.PerceptionsofaMonarchywithoutaKingReactionstoOliverCromwellx19sPowerbenjaminwoodfordHowBritainx19sreligiousandpoliticalpowersreactedtoanabsoluteleaderwithoutroyalblood.