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Politics, Society and Christianity in Vichy France

Politics, Society and Christianity in Vichy France

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Series: Berg French Studies

French HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 185973071X
ISBN13: 9781859730713
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jan 18 1995
Pages: 419
Weight: 1.48
Height: 1.12 Width: 5.66 Depth: 8.82
Language: English
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. The author shows how Christians reacted to Marshal Pétain and the Laval government, as well as to the Allies, the Germans, the Resistance and the Vatican. The trauma of the treatment of the Jews, which eventually acted upon the Church as a catalyst, is assessed in detail since it represented a turning-point in Christian attitudes. This rigorous examination of one of history's darkest periods provides a wealth of new material on matters hotly debated at the Liberation including: - the Vichy regime's slide into near-fascism; - the persecution of the Jews; - the attempted regimentation of youth and trade unions; - resistance to, or collaboration with, the enemy; and- the paramountcy of conscience for Christians.

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