Vacher, Marguerite. <br/><br/>
Nuns without cloister  sisters of St. Joseph in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries /  [electronic resource] : 
 Sisters of St. Joseph in the 17th and 18th centuries 
Marguerite Vacher. 
 - Lanham :  University Press Of America,  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xli, 427 p.) :  ill., map. 
<br/><br/> Translation of: Des "régulières" dans le siècle : les sœurs de Saint-Joseph du Père Médaille aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 1991.  Description based on print version record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-401) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: religious life for women in seventeenth-century France -- The founders -- Beginnings -- Early growth -- The first printed constitutions: Vienne, 1694 -- The superior's role: a key to life in the communities -- Structures of daily living -- Principal houses and Sœurs Agrégées -- Conclusion -- Supporting documents -- Appendixes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780761843436 (electronic bk.) 0761843434 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Médaille, Jean-Pierre, 1610-1669. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Sisters of Saint Joseph--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4488  / .V3313 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>282