Under the veil : feminism and spirituality in post-Reformation England and Europe / edited by Katherine M. Quinsey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quinsey, Katherine M., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--History.

Feminism.

Feminism--Religious aspects.

Women and religion--History.

Women and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For women in early modern Europe, the Reformation and the Enlightenment entailed both new freedom and new restrictions. In response to an ideology that immured the female mind and spirit inside the body, women found in religion a hope for individual freedom, a sense of self-identity, and a justification for gender equality. Under the Veil: Feminism and Spirituality in Post-Reformation Europe invokes the veil's dual significance, as the marker of the religious woman, and as the metaphoric veil...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; JULIE HIRST; SYLVIA BROWN; ANN M. LITTLE; MARIE COMISSO; KATHERINE M. QUINSEY; HUMBERTO GARCIA; MITA CHOUDHURY; PEGGY SCHALLER; ALICIA L. KERFOOT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-3935-3

OCLC:

827209143