Irish women in religious orders, 1530-1700: suppression, migration and reintegration

This book investigates the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries on women religious and examines their survival in the following decades, showing how, despite the state's official proscription of vocation living, religious vocation options for women continued in less formal ways.<br&g...

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Main Author: McShane, Bronagh Ann ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2022
Series:Irish historical monographs series
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Summary:This book investigates the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries on women religious and examines their survival in the following decades, showing how, despite the state's official proscription of vocation living, religious vocation options for women continued in less formal ways.<br><br>Overall, this study provides a rich picture of Irish women religious during a period of unprecedented change and upheaval
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2022)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 301 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800106406
DOI:10.1017/9781800106406

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