The Life of Nuns: Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval German Convents

by Eva Schlotheuber and Henrike Lähnemann

In the Middle Ages half of those who chose the religious life were women, yet historians have overlooked entire generations of educated, feisty, capable and enterprising nuns, condemning them to the dusty silence of the archives. What, though, were their motives for entering a convent and what was their daily routine behind its walls like? How did they think, live and worship, both as individuals and as a community? How did they maintain contact with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805112678
• ISBN13: 9781805112679
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Open Book Publishers
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"