The life of Antoinette Micolon / translated, edited, and introduced by Linda Lierheimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colombe du Saint Esprit, sur, 1592-1659.

Contributor:

Lierheimer, Linda, 1960-

Series:

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). Women of the Reformation ; v. 4.

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). Women of the Reformation ; v. 4

Standardized Title:

Mémoires de la mère Micolon. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colombe du Saint Esprit, sur, 1592-1659.

Colombe du Saint Esprit.

Nuns--France--Biography.

Nuns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Antoinette Micolon (1592-1659) was a remarkable woman who founded six Ursuline convents in the Auvergne region of France in the early years of the seventeenth century. The Ursulines, originally founded in Italy as an uncloistered congregation, were one of the new "active" religious orders for women. Through their work as catechizers, teachers, and missionaries, women like Antoinette Micolon were crucial to both shaping and disseminating the ideals of the Catholic Reformation. Her story gives us a detailed picture of the creation and spread of the new religious congregations for women during this period, of the motivations of and the difficulties faced by the women who joined them, and of their relationships with their families, communities, and church officials. As an example of the growing genre of religious memoir during this period, her story also provides insight into the fashioning of identity in early modern France. This book makes available in English translation a resource for the history of women in Counter-Reformation France, and its dual language format makes it ideal for use in both history and literature courses."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Note on the Text

Introduction to The Life of Antoinette Micolon

Selected Bibliography

The Life of Antoinette Micolon

I (French text)

Part One (English text)

II (French text)

Part Two (English text)

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87462-939-X

1-4175-9436-5

OCLC:

60400635