Paroisse, territoire et communauté dans la Bohême de l’époque moderne
Résumé
Parishes were a stake in the recatholicization of Bohemia: since 15th cent., Utraquists and Catholics had theoretically controlled parishes but after the (1609) Letter of Majesty, this pre-hussite network was no longer legal reference. This new situation soon changed with the White Mountain catholic victory (1620), initiating Bohemia’s return to the catholic faith. This drastically reduced the number of parishes. The re-forming of a parochial network was the major task from 1648 to Josef II. To assume cura animarum where parishes lacked, the exemption of the regulars was, paradoxically, the prerequisite condition to conversion, pastoral care and reconstruction of parishes.