RT Book
T1 Feminism, absolutism, and Jansenism: Louis XIV and the Port-Royal nuns
A1 Kostroun, Daniella J. 1970-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883485400
AB Feminism, Absolutism, and Jansenism chronicles seventy years of Jansenist conflict and its complex intersection with power struggles between gallican bishops, Parlementaires, the Crown and the Pope. Daniella Kostroun focuses on the nuns of Port-Royal-des-Champs, whose community was disbanded by Louis XIV in 1709 as a threat to the state. Paradoxically, it was the nuns' adherence to their strict religious rule and the ideal of pious, innocent and politically disinterested behavior that allowed them to challenge absolutism effectively. Adopting methods from cultural studies, feminism and the Cambridge School of political thought, Kostroun examines how these nuns placed gender at the heart of the Jansenist challenge to the patriarchal and religious foundations of absolutism; they responded to royal persecution with a feminist defense of women's spiritual and rational equality and of the autonomy of the individual subject, thereby offering a bold challenge to the patriarchal and religious foundations of absolutism.
AB Jansenism as a "woman problem" -- Controversy and reform at Port Royal -- Jansenism's political turn, 1652-1661 -- The limits to obedience, 1661-1664 -- A feminist response to absolutism, 1664-1669 -- The unsettled peace, 1669-1679 -- A royal victory, 1679-1709
OP 273
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BX4328.Z9
SN 978-0-511-97645-2
K1 Louis
K1 Louis : XIV : King of France : 1638-1715 : Political and social views
K1 Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey)
K1 Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey) : History : 17th century
K1 Cistercian nuns : France : History, 17th century.
K1 Jansenists : France : History, 17th century.
K1 Patriarchy : France : History, 17th century.
K1 Feminism : France : History, 17th century.
K1 Despotism : France : History, 17th century.
K1 Religious absolutism : France : History, 17th century.
K1 Cistercian nuns : France : History : 17th century
K1 Jansenists : France : History : 17th century
K1 Patriarchy : France : History : 17th century
K1 Feminism : France : History : 17th century
K1 Despotism : France : History : 17th century
K1 Religious absolutism : France : History : 17th century
K1 Louis ; XIV ; King of France ; 1638-1715 ; Political and social views
K1 Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey) ; History ; 17th century
K1 Cistercian nuns ; France ; History ; 17th century
K1 Jansenists ; France ; History ; 17th century
K1 Patriarchy ; France ; History ; 17th century
K1 Feminism ; France ; History ; 17th century
K1 Despotism ; France ; History ; 17th century
K1 Religious absolutism ; France ; History ; 17th century
K1 France ; Politics and government ; 1643-1715
K1 France ; Religion ; 17th century
K1 France : Politics and government, 1643-1715.
K1 France : Religion, 17th century.
K1 France : Politics and government : 1643-1715
K1 France : Religion : 17th century
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511976452