This examination of convent life paints a portrait of the women who led mostly hidden lives of work and prayer between the late 15th and early 18th centuries. The author tells how nuns of this period engaged in such creative pursuits as writing, music, the visual arts and theate…
"From the sixteenth century to our own generation, Nuns tells the stories of the women who have lived in religious communities - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reach out to the society around them. Drawing particularly on the nuns…
"This book uses Irish hagiography to explain the monastic world, focusing on the major monasteries that produced the 'vitae'. It examines the relationships among saints, monks, and lay people, and the monastic interpretations of those relationships. If it sometimes mixes histori…
"This book uses Irish hagiography to explain the monastic world, focusing on the major monasteries that produced the 'vitae'. It examines the relationships among saints, monks, and lay people, and the monastic interpretations of those relationships. If it sometimes mixes histori…
"From its creation in the early fourteenth century to its dissolution in the sixteenth, the nunnery at Dartford was among the richest in England. Although obliged to support not only its own community but also a priory of Dominican friars at King's Langley, Dartford prospered. R…
Proceedings of a conference devoted to discussing medieval German art and literature the context of conflict between Church and State in that period.
Between 350 and 850 Constantinople emerged as both the greatest city of the Mediterranean world and a monastic centre of unparalleled importance. This study documents the historical relationship between the city and its monks during this crucial formative period. Monks and nuns …
Although the lines of the palm of the hand are barely visible in the early light, the monks of the Tofukuji monastery have been about their familiar rounds of daily tasks for several hours. Their routine is simple but faithfully practiced. Within its repetition lies the key to t…
