Devout Laywomen in the Early Modern World (Hardcover, New Ed)

Devout laywomen raise a number of provocative questions about gender and religion in the early modern world. How did some groups or individuals evade the Tridentine legislation that required third order women to take solemn vows and observe active and passive enclosure? How did their attempts to exercise a female apostolate (albeit with varying degrees of success and assertiveness) destabilize hierarchies of class and gender? To the extent that their beliefs and practices diverged from approved doctrine and rituals, what insights can they provide into the tensions between official religion and lay religiosity? Addressing these and many other questions, Devout Laywomen in the Early Modern World reflects new directions in gender history, offering a more nuanced approach to the paradigm of woman as the prototypical "disciplined" subject of church-state power.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Alison Weber
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	390
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4724-2491-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice Promotions
LSN:	1-4724-2491-3
Barcode:	9781472424914

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