Title English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century : Living spirituality / Laurence Lux-Sterritt

Published Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (318 pages) Series Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies Contents 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? 7 What place for the senses in contemplative life?8 Illness, death and beyond: the body as witness; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 24, 2017) Subject Catholics, English -- Europe -- History -- 17th century Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Europe -- History -- 17th century Benedictine nuns -- History -- 17th century RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations. RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic Benedictine nuns Catholics, English Monasticism and religious orders for women Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017304851 ISBN 9781526110046 1526110040 9781526124227 152612422X 9781526110053 1526110059

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