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Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia
By Jo Ann Kay McNamara
768 pages
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- Harvard University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
- Publication year:
- 1998
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Synopsis
SISTERS IN ARMS is the first definitive history of Catholic nuns in the Western world. Unfolding century by century, this epic drama encompasses every period from the dawn of Christianity to the present. "An engrossing and challenging work . . . McNamara gives us a history of women's rights--and the lack of them--by focusing on religious women since the birth of Christ. . . . "--Antonia Fraser, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction - Chastity and Female Identity 1
- I - The Roman Empire 7
- 1 - The Apostolic Life 9
- 2 - Cult and Countercult 34
- 3 - The Discipline of the Desert 61
- II - The Early Middle Ages 89
- 4 - The Power of Prayer 91
- 5 - The Frontier Outpost 120
- 6 - The Bonds of Castimony 148
- 7 - Family Ties 176
- 8 - The World, the Flesh, and the Devil 202
- III - The High Middle Ages 231
- 9 - The Imitation of Christ 233
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction - Chastity and Female Identity 1
- I - The Roman Empire 7
- 1 - The Apostolic Life 9
- 2 - Cult and Countercult 34
- 3 - The Discipline of the Desert 61
- II - The Early Middle Ages 89
- 4 - The Power of Prayer 91
- 5 - The Frontier Outpost 120
- 6 - The Bonds of Castimony 148
- 7 - Family Ties 176
- 8 - The World, the Flesh, and the Devil 202
- III - The High Middle Ages 231
- 9 - The Imitation of Christ 233
- 10 - Cura Mulierum 260
- 11 - Disordered Women 289
- 12 - The Alchemy of Mysticism 324
- 13 - The Tears of the Magdalene 353
- IV - The Early Modern Era 383
- 14 - Regular Lives 385
- 15 - Defenders of Faith 419
- 16 - Martha's Part 452
- 17 - The Mystical Regiment 489
- 18 - The Sweetness of Life 526
- V - Modern Times 563
- 19 - Culture Wars 565
- 20 - The Feminine Apostolate 600
- Conclusion: Toward a Third Millennium 631
- Notes Bibliography Index 645
- Notes 647
- Bibliography 695
- Index 741