Table of Contents

Introduction - Jansenism in France; Who Were the Jansenists?; What Was Jansenism?; Sunrise Over Port-Royal, 1600-1661; Sunset Over Port-Royal, 1661-1711; Jansenism Enters the Political Arena, 1713-1750; Jansenism Loses Its Raison d'etra, 1751-1799; The Shaking of Jansenism: Miracle Cures and the Convulsionnaires, 1727-1740; Crucifying Jansenism: Grande Secours and the Death of Convulsionism, 1741-1799; Jansenism and Convulsionism, 1650-2000: An Historiographic Essay; Conclusion - The Impact of Jansenism in France; Index.

About the Author

Brian Strayer is Professor of History at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Reviews

"Offers . . . a wealth of interesting information about a major movement in 17th- and 18th-century French Catholicism, specifically about many very devout and some fanatical people. . . . This book presents an extraordinary array of precise data on the successive phases of Jansenism, the people, and their writings and struggles, including numerous charts and tables, with profusely clear citations of sources. Very scholarly, it is also a great read." --Church History