Ceremonial SplendorBy the end of Frances long seventeenth century, the seminary trained, reform minded Catholic priest had crystalized into a type recognizable by his clothing, gestures, and ceremonial skill. Although critics denounced these priests as hypocrites or models for Molires Tartuffe, seminaries associated the features of this priestly identity with the idea of the vray ecclsiastique, or true churchman. Ceremonial Splendor examines the way Frances early