Masterless mistresses : the New Orleans Ursulines and the development of a new world society, 1727-1834 /
During French colonial rule in Louisiana, nuns from the French Company of Saint Ursula came to New Orleans and educated women and girls in literacy, numeracy and the Catholic faith. Although religious women had gained acceptance and authority in seventeenth-century France, the New World was less wel...
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| Language: | English |
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Williamsburg, Va. : Chapel Hill :
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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| Summary: | During French colonial rule in Louisiana, nuns from the French Company of Saint Ursula came to New Orleans and educated women and girls in literacy, numeracy and the Catholic faith. Although religious women had gained acceptance and authority in seventeenth-century France, the New World was less welcoming. Emily Clark explores the transformations required of the Ursulines as their distinctive female piety collided with slave society, Spanish colonial rule, and Protestant hostility. By incorporating their story into the history of early America, this work exposes the limits of the republican model of national unity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469601069 1469601060 9780807839034 0807839035 |