Abstract:
Ursulines were one of two women regular orders admitted as publicly convenient
at the times of the restriction of monasteries in Bohemia during the reign of Josef II.
However, their public convenience was not based on the enlightened principles. They were
allowed to provide education at the end of the 16th century. Ursulines should follow the
decrees of Trent and work on internal restoration of catholicism. These ideas were
transformed in the second half of the 18th century and then in the 19th century. In fact, the
Ursulines continued to be a religious order that ran girl schools. The slowly changing social
conditions perceived this kind of service and accepted it differently during the course of
history.
