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The English convents in exile, 1600-1800. Volume 4, Life writing II / edited by Katrien Daemen de Gelder.

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' w...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Daemen-de Gelder, Katrien
Other title:Life writing II
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life of women > Europe > History > 17th century.
Monastic and religious life of women > Europe > History > 18th century.
Monastic and religious life of women > England > History > 17th century.
Monastic and religious life of women > England > History > 18th century.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (366 pages).
ISBN:9781003553458
1003553451
9781040236574
104023657X
9781040243725
104024372X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed July 26, 2024).
Biographical or Historical Data:Caroline Bowden, Katrien Daemen-de Gelder, James E Kelly, Richard G. Williams, Carmen M. Mangion, Michael Questier, Emma Major

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