English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century : Living Spirituality.
Lux-Sterritt, Laurence.
English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century : Living Spirituality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (318 pages)
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.
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.
9781526110046
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Europe--History--17th century.
Electronic books.
BX4220.E85.L89 2017
271/.970942
English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century : Living Spirituality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (318 pages)
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.
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.
9781526110046
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Europe--History--17th century.
Electronic books.
BX4220.E85.L89 2017
271/.970942