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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955950403321

Autore

Colombe du Saint Esprit, sur, <1592-1659.>

Titolo

The life of Antoinette Micolon / / translated, edited, and introduced by Linda Lierheimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, Wis., : Marquette University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-87462-939-X

1-4175-9436-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Collana

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). Women of the Reformation ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

LierheimerLinda <1960->

Disciplina

271/.97402

B

Soggetti

Nuns - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Introduction to The Life of Antoinette Micolon -- Selected Bibliography -- The Life of Antoinette Micolon -- I (French text) -- Part One (English text) -- II (French text) -- Part Two (English text) -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

"Antoinette Micolon (1592-1659) was a remarkable woman who founded six Ursuline convents in the Auvergne region of France in the early years of the seventeenth century. The Ursulines, originally founded in Italy as an uncloistered congregation, were one of the new "active" religious orders for women. Through their work as catechizers, teachers, and missionaries, women like Antoinette Micolon were crucial to both shaping and disseminating the ideals of the Catholic Reformation. Her story gives us a detailed picture of the creation and spread of the new religious congregations for women during this period, of the motivations of and the difficulties faced by the women who joined them, and of their relationships with their families, communities, and church officials. As an example of the growing genre of religious memoir during this period, her story also provides insight into the fashioning of identity in early modern France. This book makes available in English translation a resource for the history of women in Counter-Reformation France, and its dual language format makes it ideal for use in both history and literature courses."--BOOK JACKET.



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