From Penitence to Charity: Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris

by Barbara B. Diefendorf

Book Overview

From Penitence to Charity radically revises our understanding of women's place in the institutional and spiritual revival known as the Catholic Reformation. Focusing on Paris, where fifty new religious congregations for women were established in as many years, it examines women's active role as founders and patrons of religious communities, as spiritual leaders within these communities, and as organizers of innovative forms of charitable assistance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195095839
• ISBN13: 9780195095838
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"