From penitence to charity : pious women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris /

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An analysis of female penitents and the revival of Catholic institutions and spirituality that produced a burst of religious construction during the French wars of religion. It argues that the spiritual imperatives of self-mortification and renunciation influenced not just those with religious caree...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diefendorf, Barbara B., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
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.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Women in the Catholic Church.
Paris (France) > Church history > 17th century.
France > Paris.
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Women in the New Jerusalem
  • The ascetic impulse
  • Mademoiselle Acarie's circle
  • First foundations
  • The contemplative revival
  • Both May and Martha
  • The impulse to charity.

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