The transforming power of the nuns women, religion, and cultural change in Ireland, 1750-1900

Summary: Challenging widely-held assumptions of 19th-century social history in Ireland, this book examines the influence of Irish nuns on the Irish Catholic cultural revolution. It claims they were not merely passive servants, but educated women at the centre of the creation of a devout Catholic culture.

Record details

ISBN: 0585160767 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780585160764 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0195112997 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1602561842
ISBN: 9781602561847
ISBN: 9780195112993
ISBN: 1280453753
ISBN: 9781280453755
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (x, 182 p.) : ill., maps.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:jan.13 CatBulkString:jan.10.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	One: Women Religious and the Devotional Revolution; Two: Founding Women; Three: Convents, Class, and Catholic Identity; Four: Intimate Boundaries; Five: Cultural Authority; Six: Transforming Catholic Culture; Seven: Bishops, Priests, and Nuns; Eight: Conclusion; Appendix; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.