Description
Book SynopsisThis text looks at the identity of English women religious through the lenses of gender, class and ethnicity, offering an insight into women’s religious belief and practice in the nineteenth century in light of the subsequent transformation of English society
Trade Review‘This book represents a towering achievement of modern scholarship, fusing gender, cultural, social and religious history in a beautifully written book.’
Susan Mumm, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario
'Mangion provides fresh angles on how the simple-vowed religious women contributed impressively to English Catholic life.'
Margaret MacCurtain, University College, Dublin
'This is an exceptionally fine book, which draws not only on an extensive body of secondary sources, but also on a great range of primary source material. It constitutes essential reading for all who are interested in the history of women religious, the history of women, the history of education and the history of religion.'
Tom O’Donoghue, The University of Western Australia
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Developing identities
1. Becoming visible
2. Choosing religious life
3. Forming a novice
Part II: Working identities
4. Evangelising
5. Professionalising
Part III: Corporate Identities
6. Building corporate identity
7. Class and ethnicity
8. Authority and governance
Conclusion
Index
