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Gender and Politics in Early Modern Europe
Claire Walker
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Description for Gender and Politics in Early Modern Europe
Hardback. This study analyses the 17th century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. It argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, the women nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDN; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 447.
This timely study analyses the seventeenth-century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. Examining the nuns' membership of both the English Catholic community and the continental Catholic Church, it argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, they nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. The book will add much to our understanding of women's power in early modern Europe, and offer an insight into a previously ignored section of English society.
This timely study analyses the seventeenth-century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. Examining the nuns' membership of both the English Catholic community and the continental Catholic Church, it argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, they nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. The book will add much to our understanding of women's power in early modern Europe, and offer an insight into a previously ignored section of English society.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333753705
SKU
V9780333753705
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About Claire Walker
CLAIRE WALKER lectures in early modern European history at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has published several articles on the post-Reformation English convents in leading journals and collections of essays.
Reviews for Gender and Politics in Early Modern Europe
'...Walker has broken new ground in early modern women's history.' - J. M. Pope, Choice