Nuns without cloister [electronic resource] : sisters of St. Joseph in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Marguerite Vacher.
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: Lanham : University Press Of America, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (xli, 427 p.) : ill., mapISBN:- 9780761843436 (electronic bk.)
- 0761843434 (electronic bk.)
- Sisters of St. Joseph in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Des "régulières" dans le siècle English
- 282 22
- BX4488 .V3313 2010eb
Translation of: Des "régulières" dans le siècle : les sœurs de Saint-Joseph du Père Médaille aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-401) and index.
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.
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