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who used to be the Professor of the French Revolution
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at the Sorbonne and he's kind of a friend of mine,
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or at least a good acquaintance,
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a very old dude now.
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And Vovelle was interested to
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see whether that old-time religion was already crumbling
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or in decline before the French Revolution.
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And so he started out asking
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just how effective was the Counter-Reformation
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or the Catholic reformation,
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if you will, in bringing back,
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reviving that baroque piety,