1st Edition
English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800, Part I, vol 1
By Caroline Bowden, Laurence Lux-Sterritt, Nicky Hallett, Elizabeth Perry, Victoria Van Hyning
Copyright 2012
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America. These closed communities offered religious contemplation and safety, but also provided an environment of concentrated female intellectualism. The nuns’ writings from this time form a unique resource.
Acknowledgements, List of Figures, General Introduction, Notes on Convents, Notes on the Text, Introduction: History Writing in the English Convents, Select Bibliography, Rouen Chronicle of the Poor Clare Sisters, Volume I, 1644–1701, Volume II, 1701–80, Samples of the Rouen Chronicle Manuscripts, Appendix: Calendar of Feasts, Editorial Notes
Biography
Caroline Bowden, Laurence Lux-Sterritt, Nicky Hallett, Elizabeth Perry, Victoria Van Hyning
