1st Edition
Reconsidering Catholic Lay Womanhood Pious Transgressors in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century England
By Kathryn G. Lamontagne
Copyright 2024
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a new perspective on the often-overlooked lives of lay women in the English Roman Catholic Church. It explores how over a century ago in England some exceptional Catholic lay women – Margaret Fletcher, Maude Petre, Radclyffe Hall, and Mabel Batten - negotiated non-traditional family lives and were actively practicing their faith, while not adhering to perceived structures of... Read more
Introduction 1. Catholicism and Lay Womanhood 2. Margaret Fletcher: A Middle-Class Convert 3. Maude Petre: Womanhood, Cohabitation, and Respectability 4. The Society Sapphists: Mabel Batten and Radclyffe Hall Conclusion: Making Connections Among Lay Catholic Women
Biography
Kathryn G. Lamontagne is a Lecturer in the College of General Studies at Boston University, USA.
