From Penitence to Charity : Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris.

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When in 1570 the widow Marie Du Drac took to a life of godly devotion, fasting, wearing hairshirts, and doing good works at hospitals, prisons, and with the poor, her contemporaries thought her behavior bizarre. Her family and friends worried for her health. Although not a nun, this eliteParisian sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diefendorf, Barbara B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Temas:
1600-1699
Women in the Catholic Church > France > Paris > History > 17th century.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > France > Paris > History > 17th century.
Femmes dans l'Église catholique > France > Paris > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins > France > Paris > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Monasticism and religious orders for women
Women in the Catholic Church
Paris (France) > Church history > 17th century.
France > Paris
Church history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Prologue: The First Dévote; Introduction; 1. Women in the New Jerusalem; 2. The Ascetic Impulse; 3. Mademoiselle Acarie's Circle; 4. First Foundations; 5. The Contemplative Revival; 6. Both Mary and Martha; 7. The Impulse to Charity; Conclusion; Biographical Appendix; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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