Women and Religion in Sixteenth-Century France

Informationen zum Autor SUSAN BROOMHALL is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Western Australia. Her previous publications include Women and the Book Trade in Sixteenth-Century France and Women's Medical Work in Early Modern France . Klappentext This work considers how Frenchwomen participated in Christian religious practice during the sixteenth century, with their words and their actions. Using extensive original and archival sources, it provides a comprehensive study of how women contributed to institutional, theological, devotional and political religious matters. Challenging the view of religious reforms and ideas imposed by male authorities upon women, this study argues instead that women, Catholic and Calvinist, lay and monastic, were deeply involved in the culture, meanings and development of contemporary religious practices. Zusammenfassung This work considers how Frenchwomen participated in Christian religious practice during the sixteenth century, with their words and their actions. Using extensive original and archival sources, it provides a comprehensive study of how women contributed to institutional, theological, devotional and political religious matters. Challenging the view of religious reforms and ideas imposed by male authorities upon women, this study argues instead that women, Catholic and Calvinist, lay and monastic, were deeply involved in the culture, meanings and development of contemporary religious practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Institutional Religion Understanding the Divine Religious Knowledge Visible Religious Practices Religious Politics and Violence Conclusions Select Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: S Broomhall, S. Broomhall, Susan Broomhall
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2005
• EAN: 9781403936813
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-3681-3
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; B, History, European History, Philosophy, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Philosophy, History of Science, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Europe—History—1492-, History of Early Modern Europe, Europe—History, France—History, History of France