Contested identities : Catholic women religious in nineteenth-century England and Wales / Carmen M. Mangion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangion, Carmen M., author.

Series:

Manchester Religious Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuns--England--History--19th century.

Nuns.

Nuns--Wales--History--19th century.

Church work--England--Catholic Church--History--19th century.

Church work.

Church work--Wales--Catholic Church--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text looks at the identity of English women religious through the lenses of gender, class and ethnicity, offering an insight into women's religious belief and practice in the 19th century in light of the subsequent transformation of English society.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures and tables

Preface and acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Developing identities

Becoming visible

Choosing religious life

Forming a novice

Part II: Working identities

Evangelising

Professionalising

Part III Corporate identities

Building corporate identity

Class and ethnicity

Authority and governance

Conclusion

Appendix: sources and methods

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 18, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-3528-0

OCLC:

1233302234