Congregation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693-1796

Gray focuses on the social, administrative, political, and spiritual dimensions of the lives of three Congrégation superiors - Marie Barbier, Marie-Josèphe Maugue-Garreau, and Marie Raizenne. By exploring the implications of the hierarchies of power within the convent and providing a thorough analysis of the convent''s relationship with the social, religious, and governmental structures that surro...