Le clerge diocesain dans la France Moderne

Abstract

In the XVIth the parochial French clergy was very numerous and much was not differing from the people; immediately after the Catholic Reform, it diminished in quantity but it grew in quality. The territorial inequality in his recruitment generated a few migratory movements between the zones where there were too much clergymen (zones of mountain,Normandy) and the deficit zones (plains, Cuenca of Paris Basin). The majority of the clergymen were not formed in the University, but in the seminars and colleges. The possibility of acceding to a benefit parish was very unequal according to the dioceses. Born in families of the urban average or half high classes, the clergymen of the XVIIIth had a way of life looked like to that of his group of origin. From 1760-1770, at par that diminishes the number of vocations, the base of the recruitment is expanded when accede to be ordained a students’ more important proportion children of craftsmen or of farmers.