附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index.
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.
摘要: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.