Tingle, Elizabeth C.
Purgatory and piety in Brittany, 1480-1720 [electronic resource] / Elizabeth C. Tingle. - Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, c2012. - xvi, 308 p. : ill., maps. - Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700 . - Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the scene : the Catholic Church and religious life in early modern Brittany -- Purgatory and the Counter Reformation in France, 1480-1720 -- Strategies for eternity : perpetual foundations for intercession and their evolution over time, 1480-1720 -- The individual alone before God : motives of donors and the functions of perpetual masses -- Collective intercession and mutual assistance before eternity : parish, confraternity and indulgence -- The prayers of priests : chaplains and intercession for the dead.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Catholic Church--Doctrines--France--Brittany--Modern period, 1500-
Prayers for the dead--Catholic Church.
Purgatory--History of doctrines.
Counter-Reformation--France--Brittany.
Brittany (France)--Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
BX1531.B7 / T56 2012eb
236/.209441
Purgatory and piety in Brittany, 1480-1720 [electronic resource] / Elizabeth C. Tingle. - Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, c2012. - xvi, 308 p. : ill., maps. - Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700 . - Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the scene : the Catholic Church and religious life in early modern Brittany -- Purgatory and the Counter Reformation in France, 1480-1720 -- Strategies for eternity : perpetual foundations for intercession and their evolution over time, 1480-1720 -- The individual alone before God : motives of donors and the functions of perpetual masses -- Collective intercession and mutual assistance before eternity : parish, confraternity and indulgence -- The prayers of priests : chaplains and intercession for the dead.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Catholic Church--Doctrines--France--Brittany--Modern period, 1500-
Prayers for the dead--Catholic Church.
Purgatory--History of doctrines.
Counter-Reformation--France--Brittany.
Brittany (France)--Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
BX1531.B7 / T56 2012eb
236/.209441