A Social History of the Cloister : Daily Life in the Teaching Monasteries of the Old Regime.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (395 pages)
- McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series ; v.43 .
- McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series .
A Social History of the Cloister is a study of life in teaching convents across France through two hundred years of history, a history that provided the beginnings and inspiration for most of today's institutions for the Catholic education of girls.
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Monasticism and religious orders for women-France-History. Women in Christianity-France-History.