Rebellious nuns : the troubled history of a Mexican convent, 1752-1863 /

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Nuns are hardly associated with rebellion and turmoil. However convents have often been the scenes of conflict and the author has discovered documents that allow an intimate look at two crises that destroyed a convent in Mexico. Chowning highlights the complicated dynamics of having committed your l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chowning, Margaret
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Purísima Concepción (Convent : San Miguel el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico) > History.
Purísima Concepción (Convent : San Miguel el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico)
Convents > Mexico > Guanajuato > History.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Convents
Mexico > Guanajuato
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction; 1. An Ill-fated Convent for a Pious Town; 2. The First Crisis in the Convent (1756-1762): Reforming Abbesses and Rebellious Nuns; 3. "Seminary of Discord": La Purísima under Phelipa de San Antonio, 1769-1772; 4. "To live happily and in peace within . . . their enclosure": Changing Relationships among Bishops, Abbesses, and Nuns, 1772-1792; 5. Phelipa's Vision Triumphant: The Abolition of the Vida Común; 6. La Purísima after Independence: Toward Extinction; Epilogue: The Convent of La Purísima Concepción in Post-Reform Mexico; Appendix: Bishops and Abbesses, 1756-1863

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