For the Salvation of This Girl's Soul: Nuns as Converters of Jews in Early Modern Italy
This article argues that converting Jewish girls and women constituted an important expression of Italian nuns' religiosity throughout the age of Catholic Reform. Unlike their male counterparts, however, converting nuns rarely left behind accounts of their conversionary efforts. Moreover, since...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 11, Pages: 1-12 |
Further subjects: | B
Council of Trent
B Tridentine reforms B Houses of Catechumens B Early Modern Italy B forced baptism B Nuns B monastic enclosure B convent education B Conversion B Jewish-Christian relations |
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