Main entry:

Rapley, Elizabeth.

Title & Author:

The dévotes : women and Church in seventeenth-century France / Elizabeth Rapley.

Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1990.

Description:

viii, 283 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 4

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-269) and index.
Introduction; 1 Women and the Counter-Reformation in France; 2 The Defence of the Status Quo (1563-1631); 3 The Teaching Congregations of the Counter-Reformation (1598-1640); 4 A New Approach: The Filles Séculières (1630-60); 5 The Filles Séculières in Transition (1636-1700): The Miramionnes of Paris, the Congrégation of Montreal; 6 The Maîtresses Charitables (1660-1700): Three Case Studies; 7 Development of a Feminine Pedagogy; 8 The Making of Communities; Conclusion. Appendix: Entries and Professions in the Teaching Congregations (1611-1700).

ISBN:

0773507272
9780773507272

Subject:

Monasticism and religious orders for women France History 17th century.
Women in the Catholic Church France History 17th century.
Femmes Éducation France Histoire 17e siècle.
Femmes dans l'Église catholique France Histoire 17e siècle.
Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins France Histoire 17e siècle.
Monasticism and religious orders for women
Women in the Catholic Church
France Church history 17th century.
France Histoire religieuse 17e siècle.
France

Form/genre:

Church history
History

Added entries:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 4.

Women and Church in seventeenth-century France

Holdings:

Location: Library main 52879
Call No.: ID:90-B1694
Status: Available