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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782082603321

Autore

Rapley Elizabeth

Titolo

The dévotes : women and church in seventeenth-century France / / Elizabeth Rapley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kingston, Ont. : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

1-282-85148-9

9786612851483

0-7735-6224-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (283 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion, , 1181-7445 ; ; 4

Disciplina

271/.90044/09032

Soggetti

Women - Education - France - History - 17th century

Women in the Catholic Church - France - History - 17th century

Monasticism and religious orders for women - France - History - 17th century

France Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. [255]-269) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Maps and Graphs; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Women and the Counter-Reformation in France; 2 The Defence of the Status Quo (1563-1631); 3 The Teaching Congregations of the Counter-Reformation (1598-1640); 4 A New Approach: The Filles Séculières (1630-60); 5 The Filles Séculières in Transition (1636-1700): The Miramionnes of Paris, the Congrégation of Montreal; 6 The Maîtresses Charitables (1660-1700): Three Case Studies; 7 Development of a Feminine Pedagogy; 8 The Making of Communities; Conclusion

Appendix: Entries and Professions in the Teaching Congregations (1611-1700); Glossary; Notes; Note on the Use of Sources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In The Dévotes Elizabeth Rapley provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the feminization of the Church in seventeenth-century France and as far abroad as New France.