Project Gutenberg 2013-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 430 Brodhead, J. Napier (Jane Napier) Brodhead, Jane Napier Brodhead, Jane Milliken Napier 08004016 The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906 Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906" by J. Napier Brodhead is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intense conflict between the Catholic Church and the French government during a period marked by increasing anti-clerical sentiment and legislative measures aimed at curtailing religious influence. Brodhead provides a critical examination of the events and laws from 1900 to 1906 that sought to suppress the Catholic Church in France, highlighting the broader implications of this struggle for faith and governance. The opening of the book presents Brodhead's observations from his six-year residence in France, emphasizing a pervasive misunderstanding among American observers regarding the Catholic Church's status in the country. He argues that the government's attempts to position the clergy as state functionaries, and the associated crackdown on religious education and funding, are fundamentally unjust and a violation of historical organic laws such as the Concordat. Brodhead vividly describes the duality within French society, contrasting 'neo-paganism' with Catholicism, and lays the groundwork for a discussion on the ramifications of the Associations Bill on Christian communities, underscoring the cultural and spiritual stakes of the conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42434/42434-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 58.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Catholic Church -- France Church and state -- France BR Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious 418457 2025-07-17T07:33:21.526902 text/html 399421 2024-10-23T14:56:26 text/html 235154 2025-07-17T07:33:26.629895 application/epub+zip 240000 2025-07-17T07:33:22.295881 application/epub+zip 227459 2025-07-17T07:33:21.904940 application/epub+zip 390625 2025-07-17T07:33:30.320895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343669 2025-07-17T07:33:26.259890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331285 2022-09-19T11:28:01.628966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385134 2025-07-17T07:33:20.813953 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 385080 2013-03-29T14:23:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17450 2025-07-17T07:33:30.449840 application/rdf+xml 22168 2025-07-17T07:33:21.989901 image/jpeg 3469 2025-07-17T07:33:21.948931 image/jpeg 226839 2025-07-17T07:33:21.558924 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog