It includes several "regional" volumes which focus on religion in specific places in France.
[3] The first volume in the series, Les Jésuites de 1802 (Concordat) à 1962 (Vatican II), was published in 1985.
[5] Paul Misner, writing for The Catholic Historical Review, praised the series as a whole as being "perhaps the most valuable of the undertakings" of GRECO (the Groupement de recherches coordonnées of the CNRS).
[24] Maurilio Guasco complimented the books as an "indepensible tool" for learning about French religious history, noting its inclusion of less well known figures and the series' introductions.
[2] Historian Étienne Fouilloux praised the series' "usefulness" as a source on French Christianity.