TY - BOOK AU - Clune,John J. TI - Cuban convents in the age of Enlightened Reform, 1761-1807 SN - 9780813040042 AV - BX4210 .C54 2008eb U1 - 271/.900729124 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Gainesville, FL PB - University Press of Florida KW - Monastic and religious life of women KW - Cuba KW - Havana KW - Convents KW - Vie religieuse et monastique féminine KW - La Havane KW - RELIGION KW - Institutions & Organizations KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Aufklärung KW - gnd KW - Rezeption KW - Frauenkloster KW - Havana (Cuba) KW - Church history KW - Havanna KW - New Orleans, La KW - Europa N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Convent reform and the Cuban context -- Private lives in common spaces : Santa Clara, 1671-1769 -- A respite from common-life reforms : Santa Clara, 1770-1782 -- Common-life reform : Santa Clara, 1782-1783 -- Orthodox convent reform and progressive social measures, 1784-1796 -- Transforming the role of convents in Havana, 1796-1807; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Catholicism underwent momentous change as it moved to the modern era and the relatively new colonial environments of North America and the Caribbean. Critical to this evolution was the role of women in religion. The author examines the impact of the 18th-century European Enlightenment on the lives of nuns in colonial Cuba and New Orleans, both crucial centres of Catholicism where women had significant influence UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380220 ER -