The article focuses on the Archiconfrérie des Mères Chrétiennes, a strongly conservative women’s catholic organization founded in France in 1850. Led by Louise Josson and Father Théodore Ratisbonne, in a few years’ time it spread all across Europe, working side by side with the congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion to convert two specific groups: the Jews and the male members of the family (fathers, husbands and sons) who had lost faith. The goal changed drastically the ideal image of catholic women, turning them into « virile » and radical activists; in this way, the organization tried to reshape gender relations inside the catholic nation, without questioning the traditional model of masculinity.
«Femmes pleines de virilité». Les Mères Chrétiennes tra conversione e lotta alla modernità (1850-1870)
Azzurra Tafuro
2016
Abstract
The article focuses on the Archiconfrérie des Mères Chrétiennes, a strongly conservative women’s catholic organization founded in France in 1850. Led by Louise Josson and Father Théodore Ratisbonne, in a few years’ time it spread all across Europe, working side by side with the congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion to convert two specific groups: the Jews and the male members of the family (fathers, husbands and sons) who had lost faith. The goal changed drastically the ideal image of catholic women, turning them into « virile » and radical activists; in this way, the organization tried to reshape gender relations inside the catholic nation, without questioning the traditional model of masculinity.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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