Women’s Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800

Studies of women religious during the early modern period have often focused on questions surrounding lack of choice, usually about whether they had been coerced to join a convent. This article argues that, in the case of the English convents formed in continental Europe after the Tridentine reforms...

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Main Author: Kelly, James 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: The historical journal
Year: 2025, Volume: 68, Issue: 5, Pages: 1041-1061
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