Preface: The eagle of empire and the lamb of God
1. The last barbarian invasion?
The motives of French rule in Italy
The position of the Tridentine Church
2. Centre and periphery: The power and limits of a concept
The periphery: First impressions. From 'nuestras Indias' to 'a thousand Vendees'
The centre: Saints or soldiers, Catholics or citizens?
3. The religion of the rulers
4. The religion of the ruled
Madonnas and miracles
The lay confraternities
Liturgical resistance
5. The Concordat and the Italian clergy
The episcopate
The parish clergy
The periphery
The centre
The regular clergy
6. The Roman clergy and the crisis of the Oath
The Oath and the clergy of the Papal states
The Roman diaspora
The failure of the Concordat of Fontainebleau
The priests, the police and the people
7. The war against God
Borromeo and Bonaparte
Church and state in the nineteenth century
A theology for reaction and liberation?