:Redefining Female Religious Life: French Ursulines and English Ladies in Seventeenth-Century Catholicism

Abstract

Contents: Introduction The birth of the new phenomenon of the teaching nun The improper institutions of troublesome women Religious change and the politics of gender Serving the Church in the classroom Pushing the boundaries of female ministry Serving Martha and Mary: Modus Vivendi Modernity and tradition: imitating the cloister To leave God for God's sake: the apostolate as self-abnegation Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index.