Cuban convents in the age of Enlightened Reform, 1761-1807 / John J. Clune, Jr.

Author
Clune, John J. (John James) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2008], ©2008.
Description
131 pages ; 24 cm

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    "Catholicism underwent momentous change as it transitioned to the modern era and the relatively new colonial environments of North America and the Caribbean. Critical to this evolution was the role of women in religion." "John J. Clune Jr. examines the impact of the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment on the lives of nuns in colonial Cuba and New Orleans, both crucial centers of Catholicism where women had significant influence. Only recently have scholars begun to give attention to the importance of female religious life in the Spanish Empire." "Clune illustrates the changing attitudes regarding convents in the eighteenth century by contrasting the Clares, Dominicans, and Carmelites of Havana with the Ursulines of New Orleans (and later of Cuba). Built upon research in the archives of Spain, Cuba, Louisiana, and Texas, Clune acknowleges the importance of female religious life in the Spanish Empire and demonstrates that the decline in prestige of female religious orders in Latin America began not with Vatican II in the mid-twentieth century but with enlightened reform during the reigns of Spanish kings Charles III and Charles IV."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-125) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Convent Reform and the Cuban Context
    • 2. Private Lives in Common Spaces: Santa Clara, 1671-1769
    • 3. A Respite from Common-Life Reforms: Santa Clara, 1770-1782
    • 4. Common-Life Reform: Santa Clara, 1782-1783
    • 5. Orthodox Convent Reform and Progressive Social Measures: 1784-1796
    • 6. Transforming the Role of Convents in Havana: 1796-1807.
    ISBN
    • 9780813032177 (alk. paper)
    • 0813032172 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2007032165
    OCLC
    164802514
    Other standard number
    • 99820438285
    RCP
    C - S
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