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L'Union Catholique des Fermieres de la province d'Ontario connue aujourd'hui sous le nom de l'Union Culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes, oeuvre depuis soixante ans dans les milieux francophones de la province de l'Ontario. Notre these etudie un domaine peu explore concernant les circonstances qui ont incite les femmes rurales franco-ontariennes des annees trente a se regrouper au sein de cette association autonome, francophone et catholique. Nous avons tente de demontrer que les luttes de pouvoir entre la hierarchie catholique et les dirigeants de l'Etat quebecois ont eu des repercussions sur l'organisation et l'orientation qui a ete prise par l'Union Catholique des Fermieres en Ontario. Adoptant une approche feministe materialiste denoncant l'appropriation des femmes par le patriarcat, notre analyse a en effet permis de confirmer que les pouvoirs etatiques et ecclesiastiques se sont appropries le mouvement des femmes rurales franco-ontariennes pour en faire une organisation selon leurs conceptions du role des femmes de l'epoque.

This study examines some of the plague sermons of German Catholic preachers during the sixteenth century, the era of the Reformation. It takes the question, "What was preached?" and applies it to a hitherto neglected genre of sources to investigate how Catholic preachers responded to a recurring, pre-Reformation crisis---plague---and how they interpreted that crisis during an era of revolutionary religious change. Special attention is given to the themes of astrology and the causes of plague, interpretations of epidemic disease in terms of divine wrath, plague prevention and social discipline. By comparing some of the Catholic plague sermons with those of their Protestant counterparts, similarities emerge to reveal a shared "Catholic" tradition, just as differences become apparent that reflect many of the debates between the confessions in sixteenth-century Germany. The theme of Catholic preaching and the German Reformation itself, however, has received little attention in the field, despite the fact that scholars have begun to devote much research and exposition to Protestant sermons during the period. Contrary to common opinion--that Catholics failed to measure up to their evangelical counterparts in the pulpits--this study also sketches some of the contours of Catholic preaching during the first three decades of the Reformation: major preachers, the sources, and some of the themes they emphasized. Conceived as both a thesis and as an outline for further research, it is argued here that the Catholic response from the pulpits was of greater scope and higher quality than has hitherto been assumed.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0684. Adviser: Donald Crummey. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 382-408) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Syracuse University, 2005. / "Publication number AAT 3176982."

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