Female Piety and the Catholic Reformation in France and Soul Travel: Spiritual Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Soul Travel: Spiritual Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Female Piety and the Catholic Reformation in France

Name: Female Piety and the Catholic Reformation in France
Price: 162.26 GBP
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Author: Jennifer Hillman
ISBN: 9781848934900

by Jennifer Hillman

Hardback
240 pages
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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Hillman presents a fascinating account of the role that women played during the Catholic Reformation in France. Using probate inventories from aristocratic residences and private correspondence, she reconstructs the devotional practices of a network of powerful women showing how they reconciled Catholic piety with their roles as part of an aristocratic elite. This challenges the view that the Catholic Reformation was an exclusively male concern. It will be of interest to those researching the history of early modern devotional culture, the Catholic/Counter Reformation and early modern European elites.