The abbesses of the Ancien Régime, a little-known power in the Catholic Church

A podcast highlights the authority of abbesses during the Ancien Régime in France.

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The fact

They held land, spiritual, and legal power over female monasteries.

Their historical role sheds light on women’s place in the ecclesiastical institution.

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