History and Philosophy

Prof Alison Forrestal

PHD

Contact Details

Professor
School of History and Philosophy
NUI Galway
H91 TK33
T: 00 353 (0)91 495629
E: alison.forrestal@nuigalway.ie

Biography

I completed a BA Hons at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and Maynooth University, in the mid-1990s, and, having fallen in love with History, went on to complete an MA in History at Maynooth University and a PhD in History at the University of Manchester, under the direction of Professor Joseph Bergin, FBA. I secured my first lecturing post at the University of Warwick, before spending six enjoyable years as a lecturer at Durham University. I was appointed lecturer at NUI Galway in 2006, and raised to a senior lectureship in 2017. In 2020, I was promoted to a professorship. Since 2023, I have been Head of the School of History and Philosophy at the University of Galway.

My primary research and publications belong to the Discipline of History's 'Religion and Society' Research Area, but also to the Research Areas of 'Justice and Activism' and 'Ireland in Global Context'. I am a specialist in the early modern history of religion, with particular interest in the social, political and cultural history of the Catholic Reformation in France and Ireland. I have completed major projects on seventeenth-century religious reform and activism, clerical culture and mission, which have resulted in three monographs and many articles and essays. Most recently, I published my third monograph with Oxford University Press: Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform (2017). In this, I examined the development of the reform enterprises associated with Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), a driving force behind the Catholic Reformation in France and internationally, whose influence on Catholic socio-cultural norms and ideals has endured to the present. This project also included an innovative digital element, in which I acted as a co-investigator - http://earlymoderndocs.omeka.net/ - an open access collection of transcriptions and translations of 900 primary documents from the Vatican Archives (Vincentian Missionaries in Seventeenth-Century Europe and Africa: A Digital Edition of Sources).

Through my career, my research has benefited from many individual and team research awards, including awards from the British Academy, the Irish Research Council, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DePaul Office of Mission and Values, and PRTLI4. I have also won a Dean's Award for Research Publication and a President's Award for Research Excellence, and have twice been selected to represent NUIG in the national finals of the Irish Research Council's Researcher of the Year Award. In 2019, I became an elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), 'the highest academic honour in Ireland.' Since January 2022, I have been Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion at NUIG: https://mooreinstitute.ie/research-centre/csr/ (Twitter: @CentreReligion).

Looking to the future, I am developing projects on the perpetuation of inter-generational religious values and identities amongst clerical congregations and devout families of the French Catholic Reformation and its legacy. My main project focuses on the foundation, consolidation and survival of two new clerical missionary congregations founded in the seventeenth century: the Congregation of the Mission and the Society of Foreign Missions. For this, I am currently researching the bureaucracy of mission as it concerned the processes of knowledge-building and spiritual governance in and beyond France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. I am simultaneously examining the 'afterlife' of Vincent de Paul and the generation of models of holiness in the 'archives of necrology' compiled by the Congregation of the Mission.

Research Interests

My research interests lie in the history of early modern Catholic culture and society, with particular interests in Catholic Reformation in France and Ireland. My most recent project focused on the career of Vincent de Paul and the development of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) within the Catholic reform movement of seventeenth-century France, and I am now in the early stages of a new project on inter-generational religious identities amongst devout activists of the Catholic Reformation.

I would welcome enquiries from those interested in postgraduate research on early modern France and/or Ireland, and more generally on the history of Christianity in the early modern world.

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform. Alison Forrestal (2017) Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
	(2004)	Fathers, Pastors and Kings: Visions of Episcopacy in Seventeenth-Century France. Forrestal, A. (2004) Fathers, Pastors and Kings: Visions of Episcopacy in Seventeenth-Century France. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
	(1998)	Catholic Synods in Ireland, 1600-1690. Forrestal, A. (1998) Catholic Synods in Ireland, 1600-1690. : Four Courts Press Dublin. [Details]

Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	The Frontiers of Mission: Perspectives on Early Modern Missionary Catholicism. Alison Forrestal and Sean Smith (Ed.). (2016) The Frontiers of Mission: Perspectives on Early Modern Missionary Catholicism. Leiden: Brill. [Details]
	(2009)	Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France. Alison Forrestal and Eric Nelson (Ed.). (2009) Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'`You say you did not come to the Mission for that¿: Irish Lazarists in Catholic Reformation France'' Alison Forrestal (2022) '`You say you did not come to the Mission for that¿: Irish Lazarists in Catholic Reformation France''. Lias - Journal of Early Modern Intellectual Culture and its Sources, 49 (1):45-64 [Details]
	(2021)	'A Spiritual Inheritance? Family Spirit, Virtue and Vocation in the Vies of the Lamoignon Dévots' Alison Forrestal (2021) 'A Spiritual Inheritance? Family Spirit, Virtue and Vocation in the Vies of the Lamoignon Dévots'. French History, 35 (1):24-48 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2021)	''So that they may be able to live and die as good Christians': The Early History of the Nom de Jésus Hospital in Catholic Reformation Paris' Alison Forrestal (2021) ''So that they may be able to live and die as good Christians': The Early History of the Nom de Jésus Hospital in Catholic Reformation Paris'. Vincentian Heritage Journal, 36 (1):1-45 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2017)	'Latecomers to Reform? Catholic Activism in the Wake of the French Wars of Religion' Alison Forrestal (2017) 'Latecomers to Reform? Catholic Activism in the Wake of the French Wars of Religion'. Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, 106 (424):466-475 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2012)	'Slavery on the Frontier: The Report of a French Missionary on Mid-Seventeenth-Century Tunis' Alison Forrestal (with Felicia Rosu) (2012) 'Slavery on the Frontier: The Report of a French Missionary on Mid-Seventeenth-Century Tunis'. Reformation And Renaissance Review, 14 (2):170-211 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2010)	'Venues for Clerical Formation in Catholic Reformation Paris: Vincent de Paul and the Tuesday Conference and Company' Alison Forrestal (2010) 'Venues for Clerical Formation in Catholic Reformation Paris: Vincent de Paul and the Tuesday Conference and Company'. Journal of the Western Society for French History, 38 :44-60 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2009)	'Irish Entrants to the Congregation of the Mission, 1625-60' Alison Forrestal (2009) 'Irish Entrants to the Congregation of the Mission, 1625-60'. Archivium Hibernicum, 62 :37-79 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2009)	'Vincent de Paul: The Principles and Practices of Government, 1625-60' Alison Forrestal (2009) 'Vincent de Paul: The Principles and Practices of Government, 1625-60'. Vincentian Heritage Journal, 29 (2):50-67 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2008)	'Vincent de Paul as Mentor' Alison Forrestal (2008) 'Vincent de Paul as Mentor'. Vincentian Heritage Journal, 27 (2):7-16 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2005)	''A Catholic Model of Martyrdom in the Post-Reformation Era: The Bishop in Seventeenth-Century France'' Alison Forrestal (2005) ''A Catholic Model of Martyrdom in the Post-Reformation Era: The Bishop in Seventeenth-Century France''. The Seventeenth Century, 20 (2):254-280 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2004)	'Revisiting Sacred Propaganda: The Holy Bishop in the Seventeenth-Century Jansenist Quarrel' Alison Forrestal (2004) 'Revisiting Sacred Propaganda: The Holy Bishop in the Seventeenth-Century Jansenist Quarrel'. Reformation And Renaissance Review, 6 (1):7-35 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2003)	''Making Bishops in Tridentine France: The Episcopal Ideal of Jean-Pierre Camus'' Alison Forrestal (2003) ''Making Bishops in Tridentine France: The Episcopal Ideal of Jean-Pierre Camus''. Journal Of Ecclesiastical History, 54 (2):254-277 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2002)	'Fathers, Leaders, Kings: Episcopacy and Episcopal Reform in the Seventeenth-Century French School'' Alison Forrestal (2002) 'Fathers, Leaders, Kings: Episcopacy and Episcopal Reform in the Seventeenth-Century French School''. The Seventeenth Century, 17 (1):24-47 [ARAN Link] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'A Century of Saints? The Catholic Reformation in Seventeenth-Century France' Alison Forrestal (2024) 'A Century of Saints? The Catholic Reformation in Seventeenth-Century France' In: David Andress (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of French History. :202-212 Abdingdon, Ox: Routledge. [Details]
	(2022)	'Not Forgotten: Thady Lee (1623-1651/2) and the Irish Vincentians' Alison Forrestal (2022) 'Not Forgotten: Thady Lee (1623-1651/2) and the Irish Vincentians' In: David Bracken (ed.), Saints and Seekers. :85-89 Dublin: Veritas. [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2016)	'Re-thinking Missionary Catholicism for the Early Modern Era' Alison Forrestal (with Sean Smith) (2016) 'Re-thinking Missionary Catholicism for the Early Modern Era' In: Alison Forrestal and Sean Smith (eds), The Frontiers of Mission: Perspectives on Early Modern Catholicism. :1-21 Leiden: Brill. [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2013)	'Catholic Missionaries in a Territory of Reunion: The French Crown and the Congregation of the Mission in Sedan, 1642-57' Alison Forrestal (2013) 'Catholic Missionaries in a Territory of Reunion: The French Crown and the Congregation of the Mission in Sedan, 1642-57' In: Steven Ellis and Raingard Esser (eds), Frontiers and Borders in Early Modern Europe. :157-174 Hannover: Wehrhahn. [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2012)	'Catholic Reformation in Seventeenth-Century Ireland: Vincent de Paul’s Missionaries in Munster' Alison Forrestal (2012) 'Catholic Reformation in Seventeenth-Century Ireland: Vincent de Paul’s Missionaries in Munster' In: Salvador Ryan and Brendan Leahy (eds), Treasures of Irish Christianity. :132-135 Dublin: Veritas. [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2009)	'Vincent de Paul: Formation and Leadership amongst Catholic Dévots' Alison Forrestal (2009) 'Vincent de Paul: Formation and Leadership amongst Catholic Dévots' In: Alison Forrestal and Eric Nelson (eds), After the League: Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France. :180-200 Houndmills: Palgrave. [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2009)	'Introduction' Alison Forrestal (with Eric Nelson) (2009) 'Introduction' In: Alison Forrestal and Eric Nelson (eds), After the League: Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France. :1-18 Houndmills: Palgrave. [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2008)	'The Church in the Tridentine and Early Modern Eras' Alison Forrestal (2008) 'The Church in the Tridentine and Early Modern Eras' In: Gerald Mannion and Lewis Mudge (eds), The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church. :85-105 London: Routledge. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Electronic Publication

	Year	Publication
		Vincentian Missionaries in Seventeenth-century Europe and Africa: A Digital Edition of Sources from the Vatican Archives. Alison Forrestal and Felicia Rosu Vincentian Missionaries in Seventeenth-century Europe and Africa: A Digital Edition of Sources from the Vatican Archives. Electronic Publication [Details]

Dictionary Entry

	Year	Publication
	(2004)	Terence O’Brien (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Forrestal, A. (2004) Terence O’Brien (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Oxford University Press Dictionary Entry [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2004)	Roche MacGeoghegan (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Forrestal, A. (2004) Roche MacGeoghegan (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Oxford University Press Dictionary Entry [ARAN Link] [Details]

Article

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	The Europe that the Irish Friars Encountered in 1607', in Proceedings of the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh International Summer School. Alison Forrestal (2018) The Europe that the Irish Friars Encountered in 1607', in Proceedings of the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh International Summer School. Donegal: Article [Details]
	(2017)	'The Reformation at 500' www.rte.ie/brainstorm. Alison Forrestal (2017) 'The Reformation at 500' www.rte.ie/brainstorm. www.rte.ie/brainstorm: Article [Details]
	(2017)	'Who was Vincent de Paul?' www.rte.ie/brainstorm. Alison Forrestal (2017) 'Who was Vincent de Paul?' www.rte.ie/brainstorm. www.RTE.ie/brainstorm Article [Details]

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	Christopher Lane, Callings and Consequences. The Making of Catholic Vocational Culture in Early Modern France (McGill-Queen¿s University Press. 2021), in University of Toronto Quarterly, 92, no 3, 352-4. Alison Forrestal (2023) Christopher Lane, Callings and Consequences. The Making of Catholic Vocational Culture in Early Modern France (McGill-Queen¿s University Press. 2021), in University of Toronto Quarterly, 92, no 3, 352-4. Book Review [Details]
	(2022)	Elisabeth Heijmans, The Agency of Empire. Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746), in Renaissance Quarterly, 75, no 2 (2022), 667 -69. Alison Forrestal (2022) Elisabeth Heijmans, The Agency of Empire. Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746), in Renaissance Quarterly, 75, no 2 (2022), 667 -69. Book Review [Details]
	(2021)	Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée, The Streets as a Cloister. History of the Daughters of Charity. 17th and 18th Centuries, in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 72, no 3 (2021), 670-71. Alison Forrestal (2021) Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée, The Streets as a Cloister. History of the Daughters of Charity. 17th and 18th Centuries, in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 72, no 3 (2021), 670-71. Book Review [Details]
	(2020)	Bernard Dompnier and Stefania Nanni (eds), La mémoire des saints originels entre XVIe et XVIIIe siècle in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71 no 2 (2020). Alison Forrestal (2020) Bernard Dompnier and Stefania Nanni (eds), La mémoire des saints originels entre XVIe et XVIIIe siècle in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71 no 2 (2020). Book Review [Details]
	(2018)	Nicole Reinhardt, Voices of Conscience. Royal Confessors and Political Counsel in Seventeenth-Century Spain and France (Oxford University Press, 2017) in H-France Review, 18 (2018). Alison Forrestal (2018) Nicole Reinhardt, Voices of Conscience. Royal Confessors and Political Counsel in Seventeenth-Century Spain and France (Oxford University Press, 2017) in H-France Review, 18 (2018). Book Review [Details]
	(2016)	Elizabeth Tingle, Indulgences after Luther. Pardons in Counter-Reformation France, 1520-1720, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 68, no 2 (2017). Alison Forrestal (2016) Elizabeth Tingle, Indulgences after Luther. Pardons in Counter-Reformation France, 1520-1720, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 68, no 2 (2017). Book Review [Details]
	(2016)	Véronique Beaulande-Barraud and Martine Charageat (eds), Les Officialités dans l’Europe medieval et modern. Des tribunaux pour une société chrétienne. Actes du colloque international organize par le Centre d’études et de recherché en histoire culturelle (CERHiC-EA2616) (Troyes, 27-29 mai 2010), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 67, no 1 (2016). Alison Forrestal (2016) Véronique Beaulande-Barraud and Martine Charageat (eds), Les Officialités dans l’Europe medieval et modern. Des tribunaux pour une société chrétienne. Actes du colloque international organize par le Centre d’études et de recherché en histoire culturelle (CERHiC-EA2616) (Troyes, 27-29 mai 2010), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 67, no 1 (2016). Book Review [Details]
	(2013)	The divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645. The parting of the ways. Forrestal, A (2013) The divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645. The parting of the ways. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe. Forrestal, A (2013) Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe. CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	Anthony Wright, The Divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645. ‘The Parting of the Ways’ (Farnham 2011), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 64, no 1 (2013). Alison Forrestal (2013) Anthony Wright, The Divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645. ‘The Parting of the Ways’ (Farnham 2011), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 64, no 1 (2013). Book Review [Details]
	(2013)	Jennifer Maria DeSilva (ed.), Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe (Kirksville, MO 2012), Renaissance Quarterly, 66, no. 3 (2013). Forrestal, A (2013) Jennifer Maria DeSilva (ed.), Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe (Kirksville, MO 2012), Renaissance Quarterly, 66, no. 3 (2013). Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	Creating Catholics. Catechism and primary education in early modern France. Forrestal, A (2012) Creating Catholics. Catechism and primary education in early modern France. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	Karen E. Carter, Creating Catholics. Catechism and Primary Education in Early Modern France (Notre Dame, Ind. 2011), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 63 no 3 (2012). Alison Forrestal (2012) Karen E. Carter, Creating Catholics. Catechism and Primary Education in Early Modern France (Notre Dame, Ind. 2011), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 63 no 3 (2012). Book Review [Details]
	(2011)	Alain de Solminihac (1593-1659). Reformer Prelate of the Abbaye de Chancelade of the Cahors bishopric. Forrestal, A (2011) Alain de Solminihac (1593-1659). Reformer Prelate of the Abbaye de Chancelade of the Cahors bishopric. WASHINGTON: CATHOLIC UNIV AMER PRESS Book Review [Details]
	(2011)	That men would praise the Lord. The triumph of Protestantism in Nimes, 1530-1570. Forrestal, A (2011) That men would praise the Lord. The triumph of Protestantism in Nimes, 1530-1570. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	Patrick Petot, Alain de Solminihac (1593-1659). Reformer Prelate of the Abbaye de Chancelade of the Cahors Bishopric (Turnhout 2009), Catholic Historical Review, 97, no 2 (2011). Alison Forrestal (2011) Patrick Petot, Alain de Solminihac (1593-1659). Reformer Prelate of the Abbaye de Chancelade of the Cahors Bishopric (Turnhout 2009), Catholic Historical Review, 97, no 2 (2011). Book Review [Details]
	(2011)	Allan Tulchin, That Men Would Praise the Lord. The Triumph of Protestantism in Nîmes, 1530-1570 (Oxford 2010), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 62 (2011). Alison Forrestal (2011) Allan Tulchin, That Men Would Praise the Lord. The Triumph of Protestantism in Nîmes, 1530-1570 (Oxford 2010), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 62 (2011). Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	Treatise on Monastic Studies. Forrestal, A (2010) Treatise on Monastic Studies. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC Book Review [Details]
	(2009)	John Paul MacDonald (ed. and trans.), Jean Mabillon, Treatise on Monastic Studies (Lanham, ML 2004), Journal of Religious History, 34, no 1 (2009). Alison Forrestal (2009) John Paul MacDonald (ed. and trans.), Jean Mabillon, Treatise on Monastic Studies (Lanham, ML 2004), Journal of Religious History, 34, no 1 (2009). Book Review [Details]
	(2009)	Benoist Pierre, Le Père Joseph. L’Éminence grise de Richelieu (Paris 2007), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 59, no. 3 (2009). Alison Forrestal (2009) Benoist Pierre, Le Père Joseph. L’Éminence grise de Richelieu (Paris 2007), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 59, no. 3 (2009). Book Review [Details]
	(2008)	The Hospital between religion and secularism from the Middle Ages to modern times. Forrestal, A (2008) The Hospital between religion and secularism from the Middle Ages to modern times. WASHINGTON: CATHOLIC UNIV AMER PRESS Book Review [Details]
	(2008)	A savage mirror: Power, identity, and knowledge in early modern France. Forrestal, A (2008) A savage mirror: Power, identity, and knowledge in early modern France. KIRKSVILLE: SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL PUBL Book Review [Details]
	(2008)	Father Joseph. The grey eminence of Richelieu. Forrestal, A (2008) Father Joseph. The grey eminence of Richelieu. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2008)	Jacqueline Lalouette (ed.), L’Hôpital entre religions et laïcité du Moyen Âge à nos jours (Paris 2006), Catholic Historical Review, 94 (2008). Alison Forrestal (2008) Jacqueline Lalouette (ed.), L’Hôpital entre religions et laïcité du Moyen Âge à nos jours (Paris 2006), Catholic Historical Review, 94 (2008). Book Review [Details]
	(2008)	Michael Wintroub, A Savage Mirror: Power, Identity, and Knowledge in Early Modern France (Stanford 2006), Sixteenth-Century Journal, xxxix, no. 1 (2008). Alison Forrestal (2008) Michael Wintroub, A Savage Mirror: Power, Identity, and Knowledge in Early Modern France (Stanford 2006), Sixteenth-Century Journal, xxxix, no. 1 (2008). Book Review [Details]
	(2007)	Women and Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France. The Early History of the Daughters of Charity. Forrestal, A (2007) Women and Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France. The Early History of the Daughters of Charity. WASHINGTON: CATHOLIC UNIV AMER PRESS Book Review [Details]
	(2007)	Six hundred years of reform. Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789. Forrestal, A (2007) Six hundred years of reform. Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	Susan E. Dinan, Women and Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France. The Early History of the Daughters of Charity (Aldershot 2006), Catholic Historical Review, 93 (2007). Alison Forrestal (2007) Susan E. Dinan, Women and Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France. The Early History of the Daughters of Charity (Aldershot 2006), Catholic Historical Review, 93 (2007). Book Review [Details]
	(2007)	Raymond Gillespie, Seventeenth-Century Ireland. Making Ireland Modern (Dublin 2006), Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 59 (2007). Alison Forrestal (2007) Raymond Gillespie, Seventeenth-Century Ireland. Making Ireland Modern (Dublin 2006), Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 59 (2007). Book Review [Details]
	(2007)	Eric Nelson, The Jesuits and the Monarchy. Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France (1590-1615) (Aldershot 2005), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 58, no. 2 (2007). Alison Forrestal (2007) Eric Nelson, The Jesuits and the Monarchy. Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France (1590-1615) (Aldershot 2005), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 58, no. 2 (2007). Book Review [Details]
	(2007)	J. Michael Hayden and Malcolm R. Greenshields, 600 Years of Reform. Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789 (Montreal and Kingston 2005), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 58, no.2 (2007). Alison Forrestal (2007) J. Michael Hayden and Malcolm R. Greenshields, 600 Years of Reform. Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789 (Montreal and Kingston 2005), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 58, no.2 (2007). Book Review [Details]
	(2006)	Barry Coward and Julian Swann (eds), Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe (Aldershot and Burlington, Vt 2004), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 57, no. 2 (2006). Alison Forrestal (2006) Barry Coward and Julian Swann (eds), Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe (Aldershot and Burlington, Vt 2004), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 57, no. 2 (2006). Book Review [Details]
	(2006)	Michael Carroll, Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion (Baltimore and London 1999), Journal of Religious History (2006). Alison Forrestal (2006) Michael Carroll, Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion (Baltimore and London 1999), Journal of Religious History (2006). Book Review [Details]
	(2006)	Bernard Pujo, Vincent de Paul. The Trailblazer, trans. Gertrud Graubart Champe (Notre Dame, Ind 2003), French History, 20, no. 4 (2006). Alison Forrestal (2006) Bernard Pujo, Vincent de Paul. The Trailblazer, trans. Gertrud Graubart Champe (Notre Dame, Ind 2003), French History, 20, no. 4 (2006). Book Review [Details]
	(2006)	Will Coster and Andrew Spicer (eds), Sacred Space in Early Modern Europe, Renaissance Studies, 20, no. 4 (2006). Alison Forrestal (2006) Will Coster and Andrew Spicer (eds), Sacred Space in Early Modern Europe, Renaissance Studies, 20, no. 4 (2006). Book Review [Details]
	(2005)	P. Dieudonné, La Paix Clémentine. Défaite et victoire du premier jansénisme français sous le pontificat de Clément IX (1667-1669) (Louvain 2003), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 56, no. 1 (2005). Alison Forrestal (2005) P. Dieudonné, La Paix Clémentine. Défaite et victoire du premier jansénisme français sous le pontificat de Clément IX (1667-1669) (Louvain 2003), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 56, no. 1 (2005). Book Review [Details]
	(2005)	Barbara Diefendorf, From Penitence to Charity. Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris (Oxford 2004), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 56, no. 3 (2005). Alison Forrestal (2005) Barbara Diefendorf, From Penitence to Charity. Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris (Oxford 2004), Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 56, no. 3 (2005). Book Review [Details]
	(2004)	Maria Craciun, Ividiu Ghitta and Graeme Murdock (eds), Confessional Identity in East-Central Europe (Aldershot 2002), Sobornost, 26, no. 2 (2004). Alison Forrestal (2004) Maria Craciun, Ividiu Ghitta and Graeme Murdock (eds), Confessional Identity in East-Central Europe (Aldershot 2002), Sobornost, 26, no. 2 (2004). Book Review [Details]