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

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.
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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.