Author : Caroline Bowden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138753150
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part I, Vol 2 by : Caroline Bowden
Download or read book English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part I, Vol 2 written by Caroline Bowden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.