Cuban Convents in the Age of Enlightened Reform, 1761-1807 /

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John J. Clune Jr. examines the impact of the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment on the lives of nuns in colonial Cuba and New Orleans, both crucial centers of Catholicism where women had significant influence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clune, John J. (John James)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life of women.
Convents.
Vie religieuse et monastique feminine > Cuba > La Havane.
Monastic and religious life of women > Cuba > Havana.
Convents > Cuba > Havana.
Cuba > Havana.
Havana (Cuba) > Church history.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Convent reform and the Cuban context
  • Private lives in common spaces : Santa Clara, 1671-1769
  • A respite from common-life reforms : Santa Clara, 1770-1782
  • Common-life reform : Santa Clara, 1782-1783
  • Orthodox convent reform and progressive social measures, 1784-1796
  • Transforming the role of convents in Havana, 1796-1807.

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