Convents and Nuns in Eighteenth-Century French Politics and Culture by Mita Choudhury
Representations of convents and nuns assumed power and urgency within the volatile political culture of eighteenth-century France. Drawing from a range of literary, cultural, and legal material, Mita Choudhury analyzes how, between 1730 and 1789...
"Convents and Nuns in Eighteenth-Century French Politics and Culture offers stimulating new insights into debates over women's roles in eighteenth-century France, the place of women in the Catholic Church, and the significance of gender in the political thought of that period" -- Jeremy Popkin, University of Kentucky
"I wonder why no one else has explored this subject in this way and I thank Mita Choudhury for having done so. Convents and Nuns in Eighteenth-Century French Politics and Culture deserves high marks for originality and readability." -- Jeffrey W. Merrick, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"I wonder why no one else has explored this subject in this way and I thank Mita Choudhury for having done so. Convents and Nuns in Eighteenth-Century French Politics and Culture deserves high marks for originality and readability." -- Jeffrey W. Merrick, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mita Choudhury is Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College. She is coeditor of the ninth edition of Heritage of Western Civilization.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801441103 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801441102 |
| Title | Convents and Nuns in Eighteenth-Century French Politics and Culture |
| Author | Mita Choudhury |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Year published | 2004-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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