The Basque seroras: local religion, gender, and power in northern Iberia, 1550-1880
"This book looks at a largely overlooked category of devout laywomen called seroras and examines the ways women and their communities crafted surprisingly powerful religious positions for women outside of the confines of monasticism or marriage, right at the time when which we usually think of...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, NY London
Cornell University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Basque Country
/ Woman
/ Religious life
/ Layman
/ History 1500-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Catholic women
Religious life (Spain) (País Vasco)
History
B Women in the Catholic Church (Spain) (País Vasco) History B Catholic Church (Spain) (País Vasco) History Modern period, 1500- B Laity Catholic Church History |
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Inhaltsbeschreibung & Leseprobe Table of Contents Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "This book looks at a largely overlooked category of devout laywomen called seroras and examines the ways women and their communities crafted surprisingly powerful religious positions for women outside of the confines of monasticism or marriage, right at the time when which we usually think of the Reformations as effectively limiting and tightly controlling female religious experimentation"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Basque Seroras and Lay Female Religious Life in the Early Modern World -- Chapter 2. "Her Duty and Obligation" Selecting and Employing a Serora -- Chapter 3. Local Religion and Tridentine Reform in the Early Modern Basque Country -- Chapter 4. "Nothing More Certain Than Death" Seroras and Their Communities through Their Testaments -- Chapter 5. The Virgin, the Witch, and the Widow Suspicion and Transgression in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Chapter 6. Conflict and Community in the Seventeenth Century -- Chapter 7. From Seroras to Sacristans Reforms in the Eighteenth Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 215-223 |
| ISBN: | 1501747495 |