Redefining female religious life: french ursulines and english ladies in seventeenth-century catholicism
Auteur :
Lux-Sterritt, Laurence
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754637165
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2005
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
521 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In an effort to avoid polarization condemning conventual life as restrictive or hailing it as a privileged path towards spiritual perfection, this book analyses the reasons which led early-modern women to found new congregations with active vocations. Were these novel communities born out of their founders' rejection of the conventual model?