The transforming power of the nuns women, religion, and cultural change in Ireland, 1750-1900
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Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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New York, N.Y.
Oxford University Press
1998
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index 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 Challenging widely-held assumptions of 19th-century social history in Ireland, this book examines the influence of Irish nuns on the Irish Catholic cultural revolution. It claims they were not merely passive servants, but educated women at the centre of the creation of a devout Catholic culture |
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Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 182 pages) |
ISBN: | 0195112997 0585160767 1280453753 1602561842 9780195112993 9780585160764 9781280453755 9781602561847 |