Why Nuns Aren't Funny
The author discusses trends in scholarship on early modern nuns. She mentions the role that women's history has played in its development, the focus on church archives to discover the role of convents and nuns in daily life, and how the study of transgressive behavior fits into the larger pictu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
[2019]
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-75 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Church archives
B HISTORIOGRAPHY of women B TRANSGRESSION (Ethics) B MONASTICISM & religious orders for women B Nuns B History B CHURCH history; Modern Period, 1500- |
| Summary: | The author discusses trends in scholarship on early modern nuns. She mentions the role that women's history has played in its development, the focus on church archives to discover the role of convents and nuns in daily life, and how the study of transgressive behavior fits into the larger picture of church and women's history. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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