The Life of Antoinette Micolon (Reformation Texts With Translation Series)

Title from ebook title screen (viewed on May 18, 2005). "Antoinette Micolon (1592-1659) was a remarkable woman who founded six Ursuline convents in the Auvergne region of France in the early years of the seventeenth century. The Ursulines, originally founded in Italy as an uncloistered congregation, were one of the new "active" religious orders for women. Through their work as catechizers, teachers, and missionaries, women like Antoinette Micolon were crucial to both shaping and disseminating the ideals of the Catholic Reformation. Her story gives us a detailed picture of the creation and spread of the new religious congregations for women during this period, of the motivations of and the difficulties faced by the women who joined them, and of their relationships with their families, communities, and church officials. As an example of the growing genre of religious memoir during this period, her story also provides insight into the fashioning of identity in early modern France. This book makes available in English translation a resource for the history of women in Counter-Reformation France, and its dual language format makes it ideal for use in both history and literature courses."--BOOK JACKET The life of Antoinette Micolon......Page 2 Contents......Page 4 Note on the Text......Page 6 Introduction to The Life of Antoinette Micolon......Page 8 Selected Bibliography......Page 24 The Life of Antoinette Micolon......Page 28 I (French text)......Page 29 Part One (English text)......Page 30 II (French text)......Page 85 Part Two (English text)......Page 86 INDEX......Page 142 Translated, Edited, And Introduced By Linda Lierheimer. Includes Bibliographical References23-25) And Index.