During the French Revolution almost all monasteries and abbeys were suppressed and their possessions seized. Yet after the French Revolution many religious institutes were very successful in reestablishing themselves, sometimes accumulating large patrimonies, against the background of often hostile political force. This book deals with the question of how the religious orders and congregations rebuilt their patrimony, a necessary prerequisite for the growth of the number of religious, educational, and charitable services. The authors discuss the (real or supposed) wealth, the financial structures, and the management and juridical foundations of the orders and congregations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, and the United Kingdom from the late eighteenth century to the 1930s.
Contributors: B. Bodinier, Universit de Rouen; M. de F tima Brandao, Universidade do Porto; M. Casta, Universit de Picardie Jules Verne; J. De Maeyer, KADOC - University of Leuven; X. Dusausoit, Centre Scolaire du Sacr -Coeur de Jette; J. Frith, CAPA International Education, London; G. Gregorini, Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia; J. Koppen, VSAD Karel Cuypers; M. Luddy, University of Warwick; C. Mangion, Birkbeck, University of London; J. Oliveira, Universidade do Porto; P. M. Perluss, Universit Pierre Mendes France Grenoble; R. L. Philippart, UCL et Directeur de lOffice National du Tourisme du Grand-Duch de Luxembourg; Fco. J. Fern ndez Roca, Pablo de Olavide University de Sevilla; G. Rocca, Dizionario Degli Istituti di Perfezione; B. Truchet; J. Tyssens, VUB; M. Van Dijck, Flanders Heritage and UHasselt
