| Acknowledgements |
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7 | (2) |
| Three Worlds, Three Portraits: Introduction |
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9 | (24) |
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Studying the moral management of the Daughters of Charity: methods and sources |
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16 | (11) |
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Study in scholarly context |
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27 | (6) |
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1 At the Cradle: Gender and Power in Seventeenth-century Parisian Society |
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33 | (18) |
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1 The elitist facelift of Paris |
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34 | (8) |
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2 The devotes and the spiritual facelift of Paris |
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42 | (4) |
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3 Social problems and the reorganization of nursing |
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46 | (5) |
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2 Portrait of Louise de Marillac: Ensuring Resources for Moral Management |
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51 | (66) |
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1 The credible head: Louise de Marillac and the elite networks of the Company |
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53 | (21) |
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Louise, one of the Marillacs |
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54 | (7) |
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61 | (4) |
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Cooperation beyond social boundaries |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (3) |
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2 The living saint: managing spiritual authority |
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74 | (30) |
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75 | (6) |
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81 | (8) |
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Upholding the Magdalen, subverting leader status |
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89 | (3) |
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The moderately fieshless woman |
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92 | (7) |
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The tender mother and exemplary sufferer |
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99 | (5) |
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3 The passive penitent: portraying orthodox power relations |
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104 | (13) |
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Reassessing the tormented soul |
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106 | (2) |
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Revisiting administrational talent |
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108 | (4) |
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The significance of submissiveness |
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112 | (5) |
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3 Portrait of the Daughter of Charity: Safeguarding the Execution of Moral Management |
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117 | (52) |
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1 Martha and Mary: conflict and reconciliation |
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118 | (7) |
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2 Cloistered outside the cloister: managing spiritual position |
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125 | (20) |
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Contemplative foundations |
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125 | (6) |
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Mental enclosure through obedience |
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131 | (7) |
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Mental enclosure through control |
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138 | (7) |
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3 Moderate Magdalen: devotional practices and social status |
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145 | (13) |
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Preventing illusions of grandeur: catechization and education |
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145 | (5) |
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From animals toward interior angels: mortification |
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150 | (4) |
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Chastising the body according to social standing |
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154 | (4) |
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4 Superior saint of Jerome-justifying the mixed vocation |
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158 | (11) |
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Superior to nuns, equal with first Christians |
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159 | (3) |
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The question of medieval predecessors and early modern models |
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162 | (7) |
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4 Portrait of the Underprivileged: Managing the Ignorant Substitute of Christ |
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169 | (40) |
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1 Ignorant soul to be saved: motivation through prejudice |
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170 | (5) |
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Catholic conversion to gain salvation |
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171 | (4) |
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2 Jesus nursed: motivation through love |
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175 | (14) |
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Saintly poverty in the early modern context |
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176 | (2) |
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The Daughters of Charity in imitation of Christ |
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178 | (7) |
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Self-sacrifice and philosophical motives |
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185 | (4) |
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3 Creating the ideal underprivileged to protect the Company: substance of the moral management |
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189 | (20) |
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189 | (8) |
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The deserving poor as women's responsibility |
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197 | (3) |
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Able-bodied but poorly educated Catholic subject |
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200 | (9) |
| From Conservative Moral Management to Survival: Conclusions |
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209 | (6) |
| Sources |
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215 | (22) |
| Note on Vocabulary |
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237 | (4) |
| Index |
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