Under the Veil : Feminism and Spirituality in Post-Reformation England and Europe.
Quinsey, Katherine M.
Under the Veil : Feminism and Spirituality in Post-Reformation England and Europe. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012. - 1 online resource (242 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; JULIE HIRST; SYLVIA BROWN; ANN M. LITTLE; MARIE COMISSO; KATHERINE M. QUINSEY; HUMBERTO GARCIA; MITA CHOUDHURY; PEGGY SCHALLER; ALICIA L. KERFOOT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
For women in early modern Europe, the Reformation and the Enlightenment entailed both new freedom and new restrictions. In response to an ideology that immured the female mind and spirit inside the body, women found in religion a hope for individual freedom, a sense of self-identity, and a justification for gender equality. Under the Veil: Feminism and Spirituality in Post-Reformation Europe invokes the veil's dual significance, as the marker of the religious woman, and as the metaphoric veil ...
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Feminism--History.
Feminism--Religious aspects.
Women and religion--History.
Féminisme--Histoire.
Féminisme--Aspect religieux.
Femmes et religion--Histoire.
Theology.
Literary studies: general.
Social issues & processes.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Feminism.
Feminism--Religious aspects.
Women and religion.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BL458 .U53 2012
200.820903
Under the Veil : Feminism and Spirituality in Post-Reformation England and Europe. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012. - 1 online resource (242 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; JULIE HIRST; SYLVIA BROWN; ANN M. LITTLE; MARIE COMISSO; KATHERINE M. QUINSEY; HUMBERTO GARCIA; MITA CHOUDHURY; PEGGY SCHALLER; ALICIA L. KERFOOT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
For women in early modern Europe, the Reformation and the Enlightenment entailed both new freedom and new restrictions. In response to an ideology that immured the female mind and spirit inside the body, women found in religion a hope for individual freedom, a sense of self-identity, and a justification for gender equality. Under the Veil: Feminism and Spirituality in Post-Reformation Europe invokes the veil's dual significance, as the marker of the religious woman, and as the metaphoric veil ...
9781443839358 (electronic bk.) 1443839353 (electronic bk.)
9781443839358 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
GBB6I1483 bnb
017923366 Uk
Feminism--History.
Feminism--Religious aspects.
Women and religion--History.
Féminisme--Histoire.
Féminisme--Aspect religieux.
Femmes et religion--Histoire.
Theology.
Literary studies: general.
Social issues & processes.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Feminism.
Feminism--Religious aspects.
Women and religion.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BL458 .U53 2012
200.820903