Title Feminism, absolutism, and Jansenism : Louis XIV and the Port-Royal nuns / Daniella Kostroun

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) Contents Jansenism as a "woman problem" -- Controversy and reform at Port Royal -- Jansenism's political turn, 1652-1661 -- The limits to obedience, 1661-1664 -- A feminist response to absolutism, 1664-1669 -- The unsettled peace, 1669-1679 -- A royal victory, 1679-1709 Summary "Feminism, absolutism, and Jansenism chronicles seventy years of Jansenist conflict and its complex intersection with power struggles between gallican bishops, Parlementaires, the Crown, and the pope. Daniella Kostroun focuses on the nuns of Port-Royal-des-Champs, whose community was disbanded by Louis XIV in 1709 as a threat to the state. Paradoxically, it was the nuns' adherence to their strict religious rule and the ideal of pious, innocent, and politically disinterested behavior that allowed them to challenge absolutism effectively. Adopting methods from cultural studies, feminism, and the Cambridge school of political thought, Kostroun examines how these nuns placed gender at the heart of the Jansenist challenge to the patriarchal and religious foundations of absolutism; they responded to royal persecution with a feminist defense of women's spiritual and rational equality and of the autonomy of the individual subject, thereby offering a bold challenge to the patriarchal and religious foundations of absolutism"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 fast Subject Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey) -- History -- 17th century SUBJECT Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey) fast Subject Cistercian nuns -- France -- History -- 17th century Jansenists -- France -- History -- 17th century Patriarchy -- France -- History -- 17th century Feminism -- France -- History -- 17th century Despotism -- France -- History -- 17th century Religious absolutism -- France -- History -- 17th century RELIGION -- History. Cistercian nuns Despotism Feminism Jansenists Patriarchy Political and social views Politics and government Religion Religious absolutism SUBJECT France -- Politics and government -- 1643-1715. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051467 France -- Religion -- 17th century Subject France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139042284 1139042289 9780511976452 0511976453 9781107674905 1107674905 1107219833 9781107219830 1283127164 9781283127165 9786613127167 6613127167 1139041517 9781139041515 1139038370 9781139038379 1139044915 9781139044912

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