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This is the first full study of the persistent belief in the existence of a Jesuit conspiracy in nineteenth-century France. This is one of the most important and enduring conspiracy theories in modern European history, and France was one of its major focuses. In this scholarly and detailed survey, Geoffrey Cubitt examines the range of polemical literature through which the prevalent conviction of Jesuitical plots was expressed, and explores political attitudes both within and outside the Catholic church.

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'Geoffrey Cubitt's original and important book, the first serious study of the Jesuit myth, provides many startling and even comical insights into the fears and fantasies of the nineteenth-century French Left. Cubitt uses them here as the basis for an incisive analysis of conspiracy theory inside France and beyond.' Robert Tombs, The Observer Cubitt's book captures the reader's attention with fascinating accounts of conspiracies, intrigues, manipulations, and deceptions to the point that one almost beleives in this Jesuit myth...Geoffery Cubitt has written an intriguing account of nineteenth century French Life. His political and social-historical research is quite extensive Archivum Historicum 'well-researched, well-written study' Times Literary Supplement This book is...much more than a study of a minor strain of political paranoia. Everybody interested in conspiracy theories, of whatever sort, should read it. Written with extreme care, clarity and historical imagination. Ecclesiastical History vol 46 no1 Geoffrey Cubitt has brilliantly elected to examine the response to the Jesuits in nineteenth-century France...perceptive history... American Historical Review G. Cubitt studies with talent the obesession of the French political class. Modern and Contemporary France admirably both clarifies a specific topic and opens up more general themes John M. Roberts, Merton College, Oxford, EHR, June 1996

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