| Gender and Politics in Early Modern Europe: English Convents in France and the Low Countries 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Walker, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333753704 ISBN-13: 9780333753705 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: This timely study analyzes the 17th century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. Examining the nuns' membership of both the English Catholic community and the continental Catholic Church, it argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, they nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. The book will add much to our understanding of women's power in early modern Europe, and offer an insight into a previously ignored section of English society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | History - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 271.900 |
| LCCN: 2002072322 |
| Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.64" W x 8.98" (0.95 lbs) 247 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This timely study analyses the seventeenth-century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. Examining the nuns' membership of both the English Catholic community and the continental Catholic Church, it argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, they nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. The book will add much to our understanding of women's power in early modern Europe, and offer an insight into a previously ignored section of English society. |