The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693-1796
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
| Author: | Colleen Gray | ISBN: | 9780773578364 |
| Publisher: | MQUP | Publication: | October 25, 2007 |
| Imprint: | MQUP | Language: | English |
| Author: | Colleen Gray |
| ISBN: | 9780773578364 |
| Publisher: | MQUP |
| Publication: | October 25, 2007 |
| Imprint: | MQUP |
| Language: | English |
Gray focuses on the social, administrative, political, and spiritual dimensions of the lives of three Congrégation superiors - Marie Barbier, Marie-Josèphe Maugue-Garreau, and Marie Raizenne. By exploring the implications of the hierarchies of power within the convent and providing a thorough analysis of the convent's relationship with the social, religious, and governmental structures that surrounded it - taking into account both medieval and Catholic Reformation Europe and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Canada - Gray reveals the paradoxes inherent in the position of a female superior within the male-dominated sphere of both the church and the larger secular community.
Gray focuses on the social, administrative, political, and spiritual dimensions of the lives of three Congrégation superiors - Marie Barbier, Marie-Josèphe Maugue-Garreau, and Marie Raizenne. By exploring the implications of the hierarchies of power within the convent and providing a thorough analysis of the convent's relationship with the social, religious, and governmental structures that surrounded it - taking into account both medieval and Catholic Reformation Europe and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Canada - Gray reveals the paradoxes inherent in the position of a female superior within the male-dominated sphere of both the church and the larger secular community.
