Civilizing habits women missionaries and the revival of French empire /

This work explores the life stories of three French women missionaries - Philippine Duchesne, Emilie de Vialar, and Anne-Marie Javouhey - who transgressed boundaries, both real and imagined, to evangelize far from France's shores.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Sarah Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Duchesne, Philippine, > Saint, > 1769-1852.
Vialar, Emilie de.
Javouhey, Anne Marie, > 1779-1851.
Women missionaries > France > History > 19th century.
Missions, French > History > 19th century.
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