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TIlE TERM 'ACARIECIRCLE' I mean the many enthusiastic individuals, holding strong religious and moral views, who gathered round Madame Acarie from about 1592 until her death in 1618. The group came into existence at a time when civil and religious war had racked France for thirty or more years, creating acute material and moral dislocation. Ruined churches and religious houses went unrepaired. Many parish clergy disappeared from their posts. The spectacle of brutal sectarian killing no doubt increased the spread of a humane religious scepticism which had already drawn some intellectual support from Renaissance thought. And yet, what Pintard describes as a resulting 'licence tranquille'l had been transformed, within two or three decades, into what was known as 'Ie siecle des saints' before becoming more permanently characterized as 'Ie grand siecle'. It was the Acarie circle which played a quite major role in bringing this transformation about. Members of the Acarie group became active in most areas of reform and renewal. They contributed to the repair of ruined churches and the building of new churches and religious houses. Indeed, the architectural aspect of certain towns changed

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Author

John Cruickshank

Publisher

Maney Publishing; Informa UK Limited (ISSN 0265-1068)

Published

1994

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)