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Cuban convents in the age of Enlightened Reform, 1761-1807 /

Catholicism underwent momentous change as it moved to the modern era and the relatively new colonial environments of North America and the Caribbean. Critical to this evolution was the role of women in religion. The author examines the impact of the 18th-century European Enlightenment on the lives o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clune, John J. (John James)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Catholicism underwent momentous change as it moved to the modern era and the relatively new colonial environments of North America and the Caribbean. Critical to this evolution was the role of women in religion. The author examines the impact of the 18th-century European Enlightenment on the lives of nuns in colonial Cuba and New Orleans, both crucial centres of Catholicism where women had significant influence.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (131 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813040042
0813040043
9780813038308
0813038308