Table of Contents: Purgatory and piety in Brittany, 1480-1720

Main Author:	Tingle, Elizabeth C.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, c2012.
Series:	Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
Subjects:	Prayers for the dead > Catholic Church. Purgatory > History of doctrines. Counter-Reformation > France Brittany (France) > Religious life and customs. > Brittany.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10535541

Table of Contents:

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.