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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Jansenism in France Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702q6400
- Dates:
- 1728-1780
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
Abstract
Jansenism was a religious movement based on the teachings of the theologian Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638). His doctrines held that human beings cannot achieve goodness without the intervention of God's grace and that a minority of individuals has been predestined by God for salvation. Consists of a collection of papers related to the Jansenist controversy in France in the 18th century.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of a collection of papers related to the Jansenist controversy in France in the 18th century. Included are two printed pamphlets by Pope Benedict XIII (1728) and Pope Benedict XIV (1756) concerning the papal bull UNIGENITUS (1713), and 23 manuscripts, in Italian, Latin and French, primarily contemporary copies of letters and documents by Cardinal Louis-Antoine Noailles, Pope Clement XI, Pope Benedict XIV, Louis XV, King of France, and Pope Clement XIII to the Bishop of Liege, Cardinal Albizzi, G. Languet de Gergy, Archbishop of Sens, and others regarding Pasquier Quesnel's Jansensim. Also present are two songs (ca. 1752) in French and Italian, voicing popular opinion of the Parliament of Paris.
The numbers in brackets refer to the Phillipps item numbers.
- Arrangement
Organized in folder groups by the former Phillipps catalog numbers.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (Ms. Nos. 6284, 7548, 7559, 7582, 7611, 7617, 7661).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2003. Finding aid written in 2003.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Jansenism in France Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702q6400
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Bulls, Papal -- 18th century.
Christian sects -- France -- 18th century.
Jansenists -- France -- 18th century. - Genre Terms:
- Manuscripts, French -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, Italian -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, Latin -- 18th century.
Songs, French -- 18th century.
Songs, Italian -- 18th century. - Names:
- Catholic Church
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Quesnel, Pasquier, 1634-1719 - Places:
- France -- Religion -- 18th century.
