Humble women, powerful nuns

Kristien Suenens, Luc Vints

Nineteenth-century female congregation founders could achieve levels of autonomy, power and prestige that were beyond reach for most women of their time. With a subject hidden for a long time behind a curtain of modesty and mystery, this book recounts the fascinating but ambiguous life stories of four Belgian religious women. A close reading of their personal writings unveils their conflicted existence: ambitious, engaged, and bold on the one hand, suffering and isolated on the other, they were both victims and promotors of a nineteenth-century ideal of female submission. As religious and social entrepreneurs these women played an influential role in the revival of the church and the development of education, health care and social provisions in modern Belgium. But, equally well, they were bound to rigid gender patterns and adherents of an ultramontane church ideology that fundamentally distrusted modern society. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

praktische informatie

Titel
Humble women, powerful nuns
Auteur
Kristien Suenens, Luc Vints
Taal
Engels
Editie
KADOC studies on religion, culture and society
Formaat
e-book
Doelgroep
Volwassenen
Onderwerpen
kerk- en dogmengeschiedenis, Religie, kerk en maatschappij, België ; geschiedenis, vrouwen ; geschiedenis, kloosterleven, nonnen
Genres
Non-fictie
PPN
427910560
ISBN
9789461663276

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