The transforming power of the nuns : women, religion, and cultural change in Ireland, 1750-1900 / Mary Peckham Magray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magray, Mary Peckham, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders for women--Ireland--History--18th century.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Monasticism and religious orders for women--Ireland--History--19th century.

Ireland--Church history--18th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--Church history--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenging widely-held assumptions of 19th-century social history in Ireland, this book examines the influence of nuns on the Irish Catholic cultural revolution, claiming they were not passive servants, but educated women at the centre of change.

Contents:

Contents; One: Women Religious and the Devotional Revolution; Two: Founding Women; Three: Convents, Class, and Catholic Identity; Four: Intimate Boundaries; Five: Cultural Authority; Six: Transforming Catholic Culture; Seven: Bishops, Priests, and Nuns; Eight: Conclusion; Appendix; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771742-X

1-280-45375-3

0-19-535452-4

1-60256-184-2

OCLC:

191038278