Politics, Society and Christianity in Vichy France
«'This magnificent book, the first in either French or English to provide an overall assessment of the attitudes and activities of Christians during the occupation, presents a more measured picture...it will be difficult to better the thorough and dispassionate scholarship presented here.'THES, August 9th, 1996'Indispensable for every student of the period ... an outstanding work of history.'Theodore Zeldin'A first-rate and much-needed updating of the religious history of the Vichy years in France.'Robert O. Paxton'This book fills a huge hole in existing historical studies of the Vichy period ... All university courses on France during this period will wish to recommend it, and the clarity of style makes it such that it will recommend itself to informed readers outside academic institutions.'H. R. Kedward'... a remarkable book. Halls demonstrates the great complexities and diversities of the Church's actions and policies in Vichy France; nowhere more so than when he tac»
This is the first work in English or French to deal comprehensively with the attitudes and activities of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, in France during the Vichy regime and under the German yoke. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Berg Publishers
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 419
- ISBN
- 9781859730812
- Utgivelsesår
- 1995
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«'This magnificent book, the first in either French or English to provide an overall assessment of the attitudes and activities of Christians during the occupation, presents a more measured picture...it will be difficult to better the thorough and dispassionate scholarship presented here.'THES, August 9th, 1996'Indispensable for every student of the period ... an outstanding work of history.'Theodore Zeldin'A first-rate and much-needed updating of the religious history of the Vichy years in France.'Robert O. Paxton'This book fills a huge hole in existing historical studies of the Vichy period ... All university courses on France during this period will wish to recommend it, and the clarity of style makes it such that it will recommend itself to informed readers outside academic institutions.'H. R. Kedward'... a remarkable book. Halls demonstrates the great complexities and diversities of the Church's actions and policies in Vichy France; nowhere more so than when he tac»