03609nam a2200649Ki 4500 ocn883632231 OCoLC 20200709055641.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140714s2001 quca ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780773569416 (electronic bk.) 0773569413 (electronic bk.) 0773522220 9780773522220 (OCoLC)883632231 501419 (N$T) e-fr--- LC506.F8 R364 2001eb LC506 F8 R36 2001 REL 016000 bisacsh 271/.903044 22 15.70 bcl N$TA Rapley, Elizabeth. A social history of the cloister : daily life in the teaching monasteries of the Old Regime / Elizabeth Rapley. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. 1 online resource (viii, 379 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-369) and index. pt. 1. Two hundred years. The nuns and their world -- For richer, for poorer: the monastic system and the economy -- The dilemmas of obedience -- "Personae non gratae": Jansenist nuns in the wake of Unigenitus -- The decline of the monasteries -- Aftermath -- pt. 2. The anatomy of the cloister. Clausura and community -- The three pillars of monasticism: poverty, chastity, obedience -- Prehistories -- Novices -- "The servants of the brides of Christ" -- Of death and dying -- The Institut -- The Pensionnat -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Demographics of the cloister. In this book the author goes beyond the monastic rulebooks, legal and notarial records, and memoirs of famous women who passed through monastery doors to the chronicles, letters, and other little-known writings produced by nuns for and about themselves. Working from these accounts, she is able to provide a picture of women who, as a whole, were much less otherworldly than the older convent literature would have us believe, much less thwarted and unhappy than their detractors have long maintained, and much less irrelevant than some historians have assumed. Description based on print version record. Monasticism and religious orders for women France History. Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins France History. Kloosterscholen. gtt Nonnen. gtt Dagelijks leven. gtt Kloster. swd Frankreich. swd Monasticism and religious orders for women. fast (OCoLC)fst01025166 France. fast (OCoLC)fst01204289 RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations bisacsh History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Print version: Rapley, Elizabeth. Social history of the cloister 0773522220 (DLC) 2001900812 (OCoLC)46617761 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=501419 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2001900812.html EBSCOhost EBSC 501419 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51977 51977