France's postrevolutionary generation in search of a modern faithHarrison, Carol E.creatorauthor.textbibliographybiographyElectronic books.History.nyu2014monographiceng1 online resourceIn this well-written and imaginatively structured book, Carol E. Harrison brings to life a cohort of nineteenth-century French men and women who argued that a reformed Catholicism could reconcile the divisions in French culture and society that were the legacy of revolution and empire. They include, most prominently, Charles de Montalembert, Pauline Craven, Amélie and Frédéric Ozanam, Léopoldine Hugo, Maurice de Guérin, and Victorine Monniot. The men and women whose stories appear in Romantic Catholics were bound together by filial love, friendship, and in some cases marriage. Harrison draws on their diaries, letters, and published works to construct a portrait of a generation linked by a determination to live their faith in a modern world. Rejecting both the atomizing force of revolutionary liberalism and the increasing intransigence of the church hierarchy, the romantic Catholics advocated a middle way, in which a revitalized Catholic faith and liberty formed the basis for modern society. Harrison traces the history of nineteenth-century France and, in parallel, the life course of these individuals as they grow up, learn independence, and take on the responsibilities and disappointments of adulthood. Although the shared goals of the romantic Catholics were never realized in French politics and culture, Harrison's work offers a significant corrective to the traditional understanding of the opposition between religion and the secular republican tradition in France.Introduction : romantic Catholics and the two Frances -- First communion : the most beautiful day in the lives and deaths of little girls -- The education of Maurice de Guérin -- The dilemma of obedience : Charles de Montalembert, Catholic citizen -- Pauline Craven's holy family : writing the modern saint -- Frédéric and Amélie Ozanam : charity, marriage, and the Catholic social -- A free church in a free state : the Roman question -- Epilogue : the devout woman of the Third Republic and the eclipse of Catholic fraternity.Carol E. Harrison.Includes bibliographical references and index.In English.e-fr---Catholic ChurchFranceHistory19th centuryCatholic Church.Katholische KircheCatholicsFranceHistory19th centuryFranceReligious life and customsRELIGIONChristianityCatholicHISTORYEuropeFranceKatholizismusKirchliches LebenFrankreichCatholicsFrance 1800-1899 fast BX1530 .H28 2014eb282/.44090348,2Harrison, Carol E.(DLC) 2013033359(OCoLC)8566476839780801470592080147059522573/ctt592wkr JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=671291http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=671291http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=671291http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=671291N$T14021020200709060019.0ocn870273112eng