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Piety And Agency: The Filles du Saint-Esprit and Political Activism in Nineteenth Century Brittany

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posted on 2019-05-28, 01:14 authored by MEAGAN JAYNE POOL
During the nineteenth century in France, record numbers of women became members of female religious congregations. Congregational women integrated into French society through their work as teachers and nurses. As the struggle between Church and state intensified these women became important players in the Catholic Church’s fight to maintain the primacy of Catholicism in France. This thesis focuses on the work of the Filles du Saint-Esprit. This thesis examines the manner in which congregational women participated in French political life. As a result, this thesis also considers how these women challenged contemporary understandings of feminine piety, passivity and political action.

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Principal supervisor

Julie Anne Kalman

Additional supervisor 1

Timothy Verhoeven

Year of Award

2019

Department, School or Centre

School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies

Course

Master of Arts

Degree Type

MASTERS

Campus location

Australia

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Faculty of Arts

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