Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-312) and index.
Contents:
A little Shepherd of the Landes, 1581/1596 -- An impatient student, 1597-1605 -- Odyssey on the Barbary Coast, 1605-1607 -- A Roman sojourn, 1607-1608 -- Shaped by Brulle, 1609-1613 -- Tutor in the House of Gondi, 1613-1616 -- A decisive year, 1617 -- The First Missions, 1618-1624 -- Foundation of the Congregation of the Mission, 1624-1632 -- The priory of Saint-Lazare, 1623-1633 -- Superior of the Mission, 1633-1635 -- The drum rolls at Saint-Lazare, 1636-1639 -- Assistance to the Lorraine, 1638-1640 -- The rule of the congregation, 1640-1642 -- The council of conscience, 1643-1645 -- Jansenism comes into being, 1645-1648 -- The beginnings of the Fronde, 1648-1649 -- Father of the country, 1649-1651 -- Face to face with misery, 1651-1652 -- The desolation ravaging the church, 1653-1655 -- Kings promise easily, 1656-1657 -- The long awaited peace, 1658-1659 -- Final afflictions, 1660.
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