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Gender and Politics in Early Modern Europe

English Convents in France and the Low Countries

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Claire Walker
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Part of the book series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (EMH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 1-7

  3. Female Monasticism Revived: Foundations and Vocations

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 8-42

  4. The Monastic Family: Order and Disorder in the Cloister

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 43-73

  5. The Monastic Economy: Prayer and Manual Labour

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 74-101

  6. Beyond the Cloister: Patronage, Politics and Society

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 102-129

  7. Active in Contemplation: Spiritual Choices and Practices

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 130-172

  8. Conclusion

    • Claire Walker
    Pages 173-177

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 178-247
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About this book

This timely study analyses the seventeenth-century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. Examining the nuns' membership of both the English Catholic community and the continental Catholic Church, it argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, they nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. The book will add much to our understanding of women's power in early modern Europe, and offer an insight into a previously ignored section of English society.

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'...Walker has broken new ground in early modern women's history.' - J. M. Pope, Choice

About the author

CLAIRE WALKER lectures in early modern European history at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has published several articles on the post-Reformation English convents in leading journals and collections of essays.

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