Title Convents and nuns in eighteenth-century French politics and culture / Mita Choudhury

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) : illustrations Contents Authority in the eighteenth-century convent -- Martyrs into citizens : nuns and the resistance to unigenitus, 1730-1753 -- Despotic habits : the critique of feminine power in the cloister, 1740-1770 -- The vocation force in French political and literary culture, 1740-1789 -- School of virtue, school of vice : the debate on convent education, 1740-1789 -- From victims to fanatics : nuns in the French Revolution, 1789-1794 Summary Mita Choudhury explores the place of the nunnery & of nuns in French society during the 18th century, examining the long struggle to escape the dominance of male clergy & then the increasing pressure on their very existence in the years leading up to & during the Revolution Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-224) and index Notes Print version record Subject Monasticism and religious orders for women -- France -- History -- 18th century RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies. Monasticism and religious orders for women Frauenkloster Politik Kloosters. Nonnen. Politieke cultuur. Politieke ideeën. SUBJECT France -- Church history -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051180 Subject France Frankreich Frankrijk. Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501726996 1501726994

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