The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693-1796
ISBN: 9780773574724
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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Subjects: Religion;

Nuns have often been portrayed as nascent feminists wielding an exceptional amount of power. In this formative study of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame - a religious community of uncloistered women established in Montreal in 1657 - Colleen Gray presents a more nuanced view of the foundations and exercise of power within the convent.

Gray Colleen :

Colleen Gray teaches history at Concordia University and is the author of The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693-1796.Colleen Gray is adjunct professor, Canadian history, Queen's University.


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