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A touch of fire : Marie-André Duplessis, the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec, and the writing of New France /
"Marie-André Duplessis (1687-1760) guided the Augustinian sisters at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec -- the oldest hospital north of Mexico -- where she was elected mother superior six times. Although often overshadowed by colonial nuns who became foundresses or saints, she was a powerhouse during t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2020.
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| Colección: | McGill-Queen's studies in early Canada = Avant le Canada ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Two girls' friendship on the Rue Saint-Honoré in the orbit of independent women
- 2. The networks of an enterprising father and a resilient mother
- 3. Spiritual mothers and friends : seeking the peace of the Lord in hospitality
- 4. Friend of a Jansenist, sister of a Jesuit : the 1718 Jansenist scare at the Hôtel-Dieu and fashioning epistolary friendships
- 5. A sister team managing the oldest hospital north of Mexico : Duplessis's first two terms as Mother Superior (1732-38; 1744-50)
- 6. Writing the spiritual life at the Hôtel-Dieu
- 7. Duplessis takes women's history public : Les Annales de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
- 8. 1750-55 in a "land of crosses and suffering" : aborted expansion, burnout, and the Encyclopédie
- 9. 1755-58 in a "land of crosses and suffering" : fire, family crosses, and war
- 10. A woman's siege and occupation : navigating a year of male military failures
- 11. Epilogue and conclusion : bride of an unworthy spouse : femme forte or femme tendre?