The Power of Religious Societies in Shaping Early Modern Society and Identities Rose-Marie Peake.

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Peake, Rose-Marie [author.]

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TextSeries: Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000Copyright date: 2020Description: 1 online resource (245 pages.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789048537976
9048537975

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271.91 23

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BX4463.F8 P43 2020

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Contents:

Three worlds, three portraits : introduction -- At the cradle : gender and power in seventeenth-century Parisian society -- Portrait of Louise de Marillac : ensuring resources for moral management -- Portrait of the daughter of charity : safeguarding the execution of moral management -- Portrait of the underprivileged : managing the ignorant substitute of Christ -- From conservative moral management to survival : conclusions.

Summary: The Power of Religious Societies in Shaping Early Modern Society and Identities studies the value system of the French Catholic community the Filles de la Charite, or the Daughters of Charity, in the first half of the seventeenth century. An analysis of the activities aimed at edifying morality in the different strata of society revealed a Christian anthropology with strong links to medieval traditions. The book argues that this was an important survival strategy for the Company with a disconcerting religious identity: the non-cloistered lifestyle of its members engaged in charity work had been made unlawful in the Council of Trent. Moreover, the directors Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul also had to find ways to curtail internal resistance as the sisters rebelled in quest of a more contemplative and enclosed vocation.

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The Power of Religious Societies in Shaping Early Modern Society and Identities studies the value system of the French Catholic community the Filles de la Charite, or the Daughters of Charity, in the first half of the seventeenth century. An analysis of the activities aimed at edifying morality in the different strata of society revealed a Christian anthropology with strong links to medieval traditions. The book argues that this was an important survival strategy for the Company with a disconcerting religious identity: the non-cloistered lifestyle of its members engaged in charity work had been made unlawful in the Council of Trent. Moreover, the directors Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul also had to find ways to curtail internal resistance as the sisters rebelled in quest of a more contemplative and enclosed vocation.