Author : Caroline Bowden
Release : 2013
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Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part II, Vol 4 by : Caroline Bowden
Download or read book English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800, Part II, Vol 4 written by Caroline Bowden. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.