| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 379 pages) : illustrations |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Two hundred years. The nuns and their world -- For richer, for poorer: the monastic system and the economy -- The dilemmas of obedience -- "Personae non gratae": Jansenist nuns in the wake of Unigenitus -- The decline of the monasteries -- Aftermath -- pt. 2. The anatomy of the cloister. Clausura and community -- The three pillars of monasticism: poverty, chastity, obedience -- Prehistories -- Novices -- "The servants of the brides of Christ" -- Of death and dying -- The Institut -- The Pensionnat -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Demographics of the cloister |
| Summary |
In The Social History of the Cloister Elizabeth Rapley goes beyond the monastic rulebooks, legal and notarial records, and memoirs of famous women who passed through monastery doors to the chronicles, letters, and other little-known writings produced by nuns for and about themselves. Working from these accounts, Rapley is able to provide a far more complex picture of women who, as a whole, were much less otherworldly than the older convent literature would have us believe, much less thwarted and unhappy than their detractors have long maintained, and much less irrelevant than some historians have assumed. She chips away at the dehumanizing stereotypes that have often been used to describe these nuns to show the essential humanity of these women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Monasticism and religious orders for women -- France -- History
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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Monasticism and religious orders for women
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Kloster
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Kloosterscholen.
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Nonnen.
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Dagelijks leven.
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France
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Frankreich
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773569416 |
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0773569413 |
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0773584005 |
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9780773584006 |
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