Urbanizace, industrializace, feminismus a ženské řeholní kongregace moderní doby: Několik poznámek k možnostem sociálních dějin k dalšímu výzkumu

Abstract

The study deals with the typically modern phenomenon of European social and church history, which represents the origin and development of women’s religious congregations. It places the development of this specific form of women’s monastic life in the historical context and shows its connection with the modernization trends of Western society, especially with urbanization, industrialization and the rise of women’s and civic emancipation. Above all, it deals with the question of to what extent the methods and approaches of social history, historical anthropology and history of mentalities can still contribute to a deepened knowledge of this phenomenon. On the other hand, it demonstrates how the history of the activity of women’s congregations needs to be integrated into the economic and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries and what potential they entail for microhistory and history of everyday life.