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The Reformation · c. 1630–1660
The Spiritual Writings
Louise de Marillac · 1591–1660
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What it is
Letters and rules from the co-founder of the Daughters of Charity, whose sisters took no solemn vows so that they could work in the streets and hospitals.
Why it lasted
The organisational and spiritual architecture of the first congregation of women whose cloister was the sick room.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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