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1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"Feminism, absolutism, and Jansenism chronicles seventy years of Jansenist conflict and its complex intersection with power struggles between gallican bishops, Parlementaires, the Crown, and the pope. Daniella Kostroun focuses on the nuns of Port-Royal-des-Champs, whose community was disbanded by Louis XIV in 1709 as a threat to the state. Paradoxically, it was the nuns' adherence to their strict religious rule and the ideal of pious, innocent, and politically disinterested behavior that allowed them to challenge absolutism effectively. Adopting methods from cultural studies, feminism, and the Cambridge school of political thought, Kostroun examines how these nuns placed gender at the heart of the Jansenist challenge to the patriarchal and religious foundations of absolutism; they responded to royal persecution with a feminist defense of women's spiritual and rational equality and of the autonomy of the individual subject, thereby offering a bold challenge to the patriarchal and religious foundations of absolutism"--Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index. |
| Contents |
Jansenism as a "woman problem" -- Controversy and reform at Port Royal -- Jansenism's political turn, 1652-1661 -- The limits to obedience, 1661-1664 -- A feminist response to absolutism, 1664-1669 -- The unsettled peace, 1669-1679 -- A royal victory, 1679-1709. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey) -- History -- 17th century.
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Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey) |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Political and social views.
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. |
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Political and social views. |
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Cistercian nuns -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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Cistercian nuns. |
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France. |
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Jansenists -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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Jansenists. |
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Patriarchy -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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Patriarchy. |
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Feminism -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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Feminism. |
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Despotism -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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Despotism. |
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Religious absolutism -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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Religious absolutism. |
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France -- Politics and government -- 1643-1715.
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Politics and government. |
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1643-1715 |
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France -- Religion -- 17th century.
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Religion. |
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1600-1715 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Print version: Kostroun, Daniella J., 1970- Feminism, absolutism, and Jansenism. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107000452 (DLC) 2010031629 (OCoLC)655302131 |
| ISBN |
9781139042284 (electronic book) |
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1139042289 (electronic book) |
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9780511976452 (ebook) |
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0511976453 (ebook) |
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9781107000452 (hardback) |
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1107000459 (hardback) |
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