From penitence to charity : pious women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris / Barbara B. Diefendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diefendorf, Barbara B., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Catholic Church--France--Paris--History--17th century.

Women in the Catholic Church.

Monasticism and religious orders for women--France--Paris--History--17th century.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

History.

Paris (France)--Church history--17th century.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Physical Description:

ix, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Between Penitence and Charity analyzes female penitents and the revival of Catholic institutions and spirituality that produced a stunning burst of religious construction during the French wars of religion. Diefendorf argues that the spiritual imperatives of self-mortification and renunciation of will that lay at the heart of this penitential piety profoundly influenced not just those with religious careers but also the behavior of devout lay women.

Notes:

Errata inserted.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-326) and index.

ISBN:

0195095820

OCLC:

53223718