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Hey this is Brian from your class! I have a few suggestions for your article.

First, I would elaborate on a few topics in order to expand your article and give some more context. Specifically, the very beginning where you wrote "It has been suggested that France was influenced by the rise of spiritual literature during the 17th century" could use some attention. What parts of French society, i.e. was this phenomenon class specific? Were there any works of "spiritual literature" in particular which contributed to the increased rates of women joining convents?

After that you wrote that "Many families sent their daughters to convents in order to reduce the amount of money that had to be paid as dowries to the daughters' future husbands." This sounds vaguely argumentative. Or, rather, it sounds like there might be other reasons but one is being highlighted. Then again, it could be the only reason.

Finally, I would expand the section on women and their symbolic (or by the sound of it very real) marriage to God. Did canon law or even "secular"/local laws in France treat a woman joining a convent as an indissoluble legal marriage?

Let me know if this helps! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bnmallard (talk • contribs) 22:07, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 14:35, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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