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  2. English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century

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    I. When an English nun entered a convent in exile in the 17th century, she was expected to leave behind once and for all ‘the world, the flesh, the divill’. Until recently, that enclosure was one of the excuses for the banishment of nuns from historical research, reducing them to a faceless, agentless mass.
    English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century builds upon the prosopographical data of the project, which includes an online database containing over 4,000 English women who chose exile in a Continental convent between 1600–1800. As such, the book is a showcase of the potential and the merits of the database.
    For many nuns behind the convent walls, being able to experience the practices of Catholic religious life was nonetheless a profound sensory experience. At the same time, bodily suffering provided one way to get closer to Christ, and the body served as ‘locus of a nun’s spiritual experience’ (p. 196).
    Lux-Sterritt’s wide range of sources takes centre stage in the second half of the book, which focuses on the personal experiences and inner lives of the Benedictine nuns. The tension between what was prescribed and what was lived continues to be the focus of the next four chapters.
  8. How a forgotten nun’s visions shed ‘new light’ on the life of St ...

  9. The Nuns of Sant’ Ambrogio: the True Story of a Convent in Scandal

  10. Houses of Cistercians nuns: Priory of Nun Appleton

  11. Sister Wendy Beckett | Biography, Books, Story of …

    Web26 Apr 2024 · Sister Wendy Beckett was a South African-born British nun who appeared on a series of popular television shows and wrote a number of books as an art critic. Nicknamed the “Art Nun,” she offered eloquent …

  12. Sister Helen Prejean | Biography, Ministry, & Facts

    Web7 May 2024 · Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, who was a leader in the movement to abolish the death penalty. She worked actively on behalf of both death row inmates and family members of murder victims. Learn …