The transforming power of the nuns : women, religion, and cultural change in Ireland, 1750-1900 / Mary Peckham Magray.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585160767
- 9780585160764
- 1602561842
- 9781602561847
- 1280453753
- 9781280453755
- 9786610453757
- 6610453756
- Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century
- Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Ireland -- Church history -- 18th century
- Ireland -- Church history -- 19th century
- Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins -- Irlande -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins -- Irlande -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Irlande -- Histoire religieuse -- 18e siècle
- RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations
- Monasticism and religious orders for women
- Ireland
- Nonnen
- Cultuurverandering
- Ierland
- 1700-1899
- 271/.900415 21
- BX4220.I7 M34 1998eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index.
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One: Women Religious and the Devotional Revolution; Two: Founding Women; Three: Convents, Class, and Catholic Identity; Four: Intimate Boundaries; Five: Cultural Authority; Six: Transforming Catholic Culture; Seven: Bishops, Priests, and Nuns; Eight: Conclusion; Appendix; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Challenging widely-held assumptions of 19th-century social history in Ireland, this book examines the influence of Irish nuns on the Irish Catholic cultural revolution. It claims they were not merely passive servants, but educated women at the centre of the creation of a devout Catholic culture.
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