English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century: Living Spirituality

by Laurence Lux-Sterritt

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526110024
• ISBN13: 9781526110022
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"