Humble women, powerful nuns: a female struggle for autonomy in a men's church

Introduction -- Part I. Religious revival, Romanticism and female action in a post-revolutionary age: four young women (ca. 1820-1860) -- Part II. Female agency at a turning point: four congregation founders (1857-1867) -- part III. Female entrepreneurship and leadership in al ultramontane church: f...

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Main Author: Suenens, Kristien 1981- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leuven Leuven University Press [2020]
In: KADOC studies on religion, culture and society (26)
Year: 2020
Series/Journal:KADOC studies on religion, culture and society 26
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Belgium / Women's religious order / Oppression / Autonomy / Gender studies
IxTheo Classification:KAA Church history
Further subjects:B Monastic And Religious Life Of Women (Belgium) History 19th century
B Meeûs, Anna de (1823-1904)
B Nuns
B Nuns (Belgium) History
B History
B Catholic church
B Cornet, Antoinette (1820-1886)
B Catholic women
B Superiors, Religious (Belgium) Biography
B Autonomy
B Monasticism and religious orders for women History 19th century
B Gender studies
B Belgium Religion 19th century
B Religion
B Monastic And Religious Life Of Women
B Monasticism and religious orders for women
B Telghuys, Wilhelmina (1824-1902)
B Oppression
B Kestre, Fanny (1824-1882)
B Foundress of order
B Biographies
B Belgium
B Women in the Catholic Church
B Catholic women (Belgium) History 19th century
B Superiors, Religious
B Börngen
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Suenens, Kristien: Humble women, powerful nuns. - Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2020. - 9789461663276