English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century

Living spirituality

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 17th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
Cover of the book English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century by Laurence Lux-Sterritt, Manchester University Press
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Author: Laurence Lux-Sterritt ISBN: 9781526110053
Publisher: Manchester University Press Publication: March 24, 2017
Imprint: Manchester University Press Language: English
Author: Laurence Lux-Sterritt
ISBN: 9781526110053
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication: March 24, 2017
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Language: English

This study of English Benedictine nuns is based upon a wide variety of original manuscripts, including chronicles, death notices, clerical instructions, texts of spiritual guidance, but also the nuns' own collections of notes. It highlights the tensions between the contemplative ideal and the nuns' personal experiences, illustrating the tensions between theory and practice in the ideal of being dead to the world. It shows how Benedictine convents were both cut-off and enclosed yet very much in touch with the religious and political developments at home, but also proposes a different approach to the history of nuns, with a study of emotions and the senses in the cloister, delving into the textual analysis of the nuns' personal and communal documents to explore aspect of a lived spirituality, when the body which so often hindered the spirit, at times enabled spiritual experience.

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This study of English Benedictine nuns is based upon a wide variety of original manuscripts, including chronicles, death notices, clerical instructions, texts of spiritual guidance, but also the nuns' own collections of notes. It highlights the tensions between the contemplative ideal and the nuns' personal experiences, illustrating the tensions between theory and practice in the ideal of being dead to the world. It shows how Benedictine convents were both cut-off and enclosed yet very much in touch with the religious and political developments at home, but also proposes a different approach to the history of nuns, with a study of emotions and the senses in the cloister, delving into the textual analysis of the nuns' personal and communal documents to explore aspect of a lived spirituality, when the body which so often hindered the spirit, at times enabled spiritual experience.

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