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Redefining female religious life : French Ursulines and English Ladies in seventeenth-century Catholicism / Laurence Lux-Sterritt.

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Van Pelt Library BX4543.F8 L89 2005
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lux-Sterritt, Laurence.
Series:
Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ursulines--France--History--17th century.
Ursulines.
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Women in the Catholic Church--France--History--17th century.
Women in the Catholic Church.
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary--History--17th century.
Women in the Catholic Church--England--History--17th century.
History.
England.
France.
Physical Description:
236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
Contents:
The birth of the new phenomenon of the teaching nun
The improper institutions of troublesome women
Religious change and the politics of gender
Serving the church in the classroom
Pushing the boundaries of female ministry
Serving Martha and Mary : Modus Vivendi
Modernity and tradition : imitating the cloister
To leave God for God's sake : the apostolate as self-abnegation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-231) and index.
ISBN:
0754637166
OCLC:
60401742

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