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Author Rapley, Elizabeth, author.

Title The dévotes : women and church in seventeenth-century France / Elizabeth Rapley
Published Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion, 1181-7445 ; 4
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 4. 1181-7445
Contents Contents -- Maps and Graphs -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- 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 Séculi�res (1630�60) -- 5 The Filles Séculi�res 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
ConclusionAppendix: Entries and Professions in the Teaching Congregations (1611�1700) -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Notes -- Note on the Use of Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary In The Dévotes Elizabeth Rapley provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the feminization of the Church in seventeenth-century France and as far abroad as New France
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269)
Notes English
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Subject Monasticism and religious orders for women -- France -- History -- 17th century
Women in the Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 17th century
Women -- Education -- France -- History -- 17th century
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Monasticism and religious orders for women
Women -- Education
Women in the Catholic Church
SUBJECT France -- Church history -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051179
Subject France
Genre/Form Electronic books
Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 90162427
ISBN 9780773562240
0773562249
1282851489
9781282851481
9786612851483
6612851481