4 options
The Congregation de Notre-Dame, superiors, and the paradox of power, 1693-1796 / Colleen Gray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Colleen, 1951-
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 48
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Congrégation de Notre-Dame--History--18th century.
- Congrégation de Notre-Dame.
- Monastic and religious life of women--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--History--18th century.
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Superiors, Religious--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--History--18th century.
- Superiors, Religious.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gray focuses on the social, administrative, political, and spiritual dimensions of the lives of three Congrégation superiors - Marie Barbier, Marie-Josèphe Maugue-Garreau, and Marie Raizenne. By exploring the implications of the hierarchies of power within the convent and providing a thorough analysis of the convent's relationship with the social, religious, and governmental structures that surrounded it - taking into account both medieval and Catholic Reformation Europe and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Canada - Gray reveals the paradoxes inherent in the position of a female superior within the male-dominated sphere of both the church and the larger secular community.
- Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Tables and Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE INSTITUTION; PART TWO: THE SUPERIORS; APPENDICES; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 1 The Private World; 2 The Spiritual Mission in the Public World; 3 The Economic Mission in the Public World; 4 Becoming a Superior; 5 "La pesante charge"; 6 As a Bird Flies; Conclusion; A: Congrégation de Notre-Dame Professed Nuns, 1693-1796; B: Congrégation de Notre-Dame Superiors, 1693-1796; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612864629
- 9780773578364
- 0773578366
- 9781282864627
- 1282864629
- 9780773574724
- 0773574727
- OCLC:
- 1037943526
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.