Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- I. France: The Episcopate and the Nation -- II. France: The Recruitment of the Bishops -- III. England: The Church Establishment and the Recruitment of Bishops -- IV. The Irish Fief: The Recruitment of its Bishops -- V. FRANCE: THE EPISCOPATE AS AN ESTATE: GENERAL ASSEMBLIES AND TAXATION -- VI. England: The Episcopal Corporation: Convocation and Taxation -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I. The Four Articles of 1682 -- APPENDIX II. Episcopal Revenues in France -- APPENDIX III. Ledran's Mémoire -- APPENDIX IV. Note on Bishop Gibson -- APPENDIX V. EPISCOPAL TAX RATES IN FRANCE: CHANGES AFTER REFORMS OF 1755-60 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter