Brides of Christ: Conventual Life in Colonial Mexico

by Asunción Lavrin

Brides of Christ invites the modern reader to follow the histories of colonial Mexican nuns inside the cloisters where they pursued a religious vocation or sought shelter from the world. Lavrin provides a complete overview of conventual life, including the early signs of vocation, the decision to enter a convent, profession, spiritual guidelines and devotional practices, governance, ceremonials, relations with male authorities and confessors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804752834
• ISBN13: 9780804752831
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 8.9"