the New Orleans Ursulines and the development of a new world society, 1727-1834 Clark, Emily 1954- creator text bibliography Electronic books. Church history. History. Electronic books. vau Williamsburg, Va Chapel Hill Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture University of North Carolina Press ©2007 2007 monographic eng

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preservation access 1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations 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. 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. Emily Clark. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 n-us-la Ursulines of New Orleans (New Orleans, La.) Ursulines Louisiana New Orleans History Ursulines. Ursulines of New Orleans (New Orleans, La.) Ursulinen. New Orleans (La.) Church history HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) RELIGION Institutions & Organizations Louisiana New Orleans New Orleans <La.> BX4543.U6 C53 2007 271/.974076335 Clark, Emily, 1954- Williamsburg, Va. : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006033612 (OCoLC)74029192 9781469601069 1469601060 22573/ctt62z27 JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=965108 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=965108 Use copy MiAaHDL OCLCE 101112 20200709060338.0 ocn680630419 eng