Early Modern History: Society and Culture: English Convents in France and the Low Countries

Walker, C.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-11-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333753705

DOI: 10.1057/9780230595545

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 247