English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century : Living spirituality / Laurence Lux-Sterritt.
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TextSeries: Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studiesPublication details: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2017.Description: 1 online resource (318 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781526110046
- 1526110040
- 9781526124227
- 152612422X
- 9781526110053
- 1526110059
- Catholics, English -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Benedictine nuns -- History -- 17th century
- Catholiques anglais -- Europe -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins -- Europe -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Bénédictines -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations
- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
- Benedictine nuns
- Catholics, English
- Monasticism and religious orders for women
- Europe
- 1600-1699
- 271/.970942 23
- BX4277.E5
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Cover; English Benedictine nuns in exilein the seventeenth century; Contents; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations; Notes on transcription and translation; List of nuns cited ; Brief notes on Benedictine convents in exile; Brief notes on the main archives used; Introduction; 1 The contemplative ideal of dying to the world; 2 When spiritual and secular families overlap; 3 The secular concerns of contemplatives; 4 The missionary spirit of enclosed nuns; 5 Taming worldly emotions and appetites; 6 Divine love, an emotional panacea?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 24, 2017).
7 What place for the senses in contemplative life?8 Illness, death and beyond: the body as witness; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Provides the first detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of the English Benedictine communities in exile during the seventeenth century, looking at their lived experiences, emotions and senses in religious life.
In English.
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