The transforming power of the nuns :
Magray, Mary Peckham.
The transforming power of the nuns : women, religion, and cultural change in Ireland, 1750-1900 / Mary Peckham Magray. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index.
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.
0585160767 9780585160764 1602561842 9781602561847 1280453753 9781280453755 9786610453757 6610453756
97008446
1700-1899
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Ireland--18th century.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Ireland--19th century.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Nonnen.
Cultuurverandering.
Ireland--Church history--18th century.
Ireland--Church history--19th century.
Ireland.
Ierland.
Electronic book.
Church history.
History.
Electronic books.
BX4220.I7 / M34 1998eb
271/.900415
The transforming power of the nuns : women, religion, and cultural change in Ireland, 1750-1900 / Mary Peckham Magray. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index.
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.
0585160767 9780585160764 1602561842 9781602561847 1280453753 9781280453755 9786610453757 6610453756
97008446
1700-1899
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Ireland--18th century.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Ireland--19th century.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Nonnen.
Cultuurverandering.
Ireland--Church history--18th century.
Ireland--Church history--19th century.
Ireland.
Ierland.
Electronic book.
Church history.
History.
Electronic books.
BX4220.I7 / M34 1998eb
271/.900415