Nuns : a history of convent life, 1450-1700 /
The fascinating story of the women who have lived in religious communities, from the dawn of the modern age onwards - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reach out to the society around them. - ;Cloistered and inaccessible 'brides of Christ'? Or...
| Основен автор: | Evangelisti, Silvia. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192093 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Nuns. |
| Резюме: |
The fascinating story of the women who have lived in religious communities, from the dawn of the modern age onwards - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reach out to the society around them. - ;Cloistered and inaccessible 'brides of Christ'? Or socially engaged women, active in the outside world to a degree impossible for their secular sisters?. Nuns tells the fascinating stories of the women who have lived in religious communities since the dawn of the modern age - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reac. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191516863 0191516864 128114679X 9781281146793 |