«Proud as demons»: the rebellious nuns of Port-Royal
The text starts from the question posed by the nuns of Port-Royal: can the monastic condition ignore the voice of conscience? The dramatic results triggered by the questions had their roots in a book published in 1640: Augustinus by Cornelis Jansen who proposed uncompromising religiosity by appealin...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Published: |
University of Bologna
2021-04-01
|
| Series: | Montesquieu.it |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://montesquieu.unibo.it/article/view/12593 |