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   Chronologie de l'epoque moderne

Histoire de France
Histoire de Pontigny
Histoire religieuse
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        Louis XIII (1610-1643)
                                    Louis XIV (1643-1715)
                                                                                               Louis XV (1715-1774)
                                                                                                                                                Louis XVI (1774-1791)
                                                                                                                                                      Début de la Révolution française(1789)
                                                                                                                                                                Directoire (1795-1799)

             Réforme de l'Etroite Observance (1618).
                                                  Les abbés entreprennent la restauration de l'abbaye en plusieurs tranches (1645) jusqu'à la                                                  veille de la Révolution.
                                                                                                                                                       Le palais abbatial est détruit pendant                                                                                                                                                       la Révolution.
                                                                                                                                                       L'église est respectée grâce au
                                                                                                                                                       culte très populaire de saint Edme.                                                                                                                                                        Les  moines sont  dispersés, les
                                                                                                                                                       bâtiments sont laissés à l'abandon
                                                                                                                                                       et servent de carrière  pour les 
                                                                                                                                                       constructions environnantes.
                                                                                                                                                       251 abbayes cisterciennes
                                                                                                                                                       d'hommes et 164 de femmes                                                                                                                                                        sont vendues comme biens
                                                                                                                                                       nationaux (1790)

                          Congrégation de saint Vincent de Paul (1633)
                                    Mouvement janséniste en France (XVII-début XVIIIe siècle)
                                                                      Révocation de l’Edit de Nantes (1685)
                                                                                                                               Suppression de la Compagnie de Jésus en France
                                                                                                                                                                                                                (1764)