{"product_id":"9781526159137","title":"Confiscating the common good","description":"Author: Edward Woell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526159137\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Aug 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 264 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComprising five microhistories, this book proposes that the French Revolution's religious politics in small towns weakened democratic society to such an extent that it precluded political democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt details two revolutionary dynamics that damaged the civic life of small towns: social polarisation and the loss of local institutions that had been a source of social capital as well as a common good. Detailed narratives about Pont--Mousson, Gournay-en-Bray, Vienne, Haguenau and Is-sur-Tille also reveal that contrary to the view upheld by many scholars, small-town religious politics extended far beyond the pivotal Ecclesiastical Oath of 1791. Other developments - the nationalisation of Church property, the dissolution of religious orders, and the elimination of bishoprics, chapters, parishes and collegial churches - also adversely affected the wellbeing of these small urban communities not only in the Revolution but also in the two centuries that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920518398110,"sku":"ING-9781526159137","price":183.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526159137.jpg?v=1782822965","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526159137","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}