04898cam a2200805Ka 4500 ocn680630419 OCoLC 20200709060338.0 m d cr bn||||||abp cr bn||||||ada 101112s2007 vaua ob s001 0 eng d OCLCE eng pn OCLCE OCLCQ JSTOR OCLCQ OCLCF YDXCP N$T P@U OCLCQ EBLCP 642434824 935259581 9781469601069 (electronic bk.) 1469601060 (electronic bk.) 9780807831229 (alk. paper) 0807831220 (alk. paper) 9780807858226 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0807858226 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (OCoLC)680630419 (OCoLC)642434824 (OCoLC)935259581 22573/ctt62z27 JSTOR dlr n-us-la BX4543.U6 C53 2007 HIS036030 bisacsh REL033000 bisacsh SOC028000 bisacsh REL 016000 bisacsh 271/.974076335 22 MAIN Clark, Emily, 1954- Masterless mistresses [electronic resource] : the New Orleans Ursulines and the development of a new world society, 1727-1834 / Emily Clark. Williamsburg, Va. : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007. 1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Includes bibliographical references and index. Prelude: Old world origins: female piety and social imperatives in Europe -- I: Transplantations: the French legacy -- 1. Making a match: the Ursuline mission to New Orleans -- 2. The order was well kept: creating and sustaining community -- 3. Inner spirit, outward signs: French feminine piety at work -- II: Transformations: old world to new -- 4. Differences of nation and mentality: testing the bonds of community -- 5. It is custom of the country: the Ursuline encounter with slavery -- 6. The wages of zeal: change and the convent economy -- III: Confrontations: a catholic colony meets a Protestant nation -- 7. The Republic encounters the nun -- Epilogue: A woman of masculine appearance and character: antebellum anti-Catholicism. During French colonial rule in Louisiana, nuns from the French Company of Saint Ursula came to New Orleans and educated women and girls in literacy, numeracy and the Catholic faith. By incorporating their story into the history of early America, this work exposes the limits of the republican model of national unity. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record. Ursulines of New Orleans (New Orleans, La.) Ursulines Louisiana New Orleans History. Ursulines. fast (OCoLC)fst00572009 Ursulines of New Orleans (New Orleans, La.) fast (OCoLC)fst00681085 Ursulinen. swd New Orleans (La.) Church history. HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) bisacsh RELIGION Institutions & Organizations. bisacsh Louisiana New Orleans. fast (OCoLC)fst01204311 New Orleans <La.> swd Electronic books. Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Print version: Clark, Emily, 1954- Masterless mistresses. Williamsburg, Va. : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006033612 (OCoLC)74029192 Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=965108 EBSCOhost EBSC 965108 Project MUSE MUSE muse48648 YBP Library Services YANK 11821474 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL4321926 92 N$T 56145 56145