Title English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century : Living spirituality / Laurence Lux-Sterritt.

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Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2017.

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Description	1 online resource (318 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies
	Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies.
Contents	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?
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	7 What place for the senses in contemplative life?8 Illness, death and beyond: the body as witness; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	In English.
Subject	Catholics, English -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
	Catholics, English.
	Europe.
	History.
Chronological Term	17th century
Subject	Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
	Monasticism and religious orders for women.
	Benedictine nuns -- History -- 17th century.
	Benedictine nuns.
Chronological Term	1600-1699
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Lux-Sterritt, Laurence. English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century : Living spirituality. Oxford : Manchester University Press, ©2017
ISBN	9781526110046 (electronic book)
	1526110040 (electronic book)
	9781526124227
	152612422X
	9781526110053 (ePub ebook)
	1526110059
	9781526110022
	1526110024
	9781526110039 (paperback)
Standard No.	10.7765/9781526110046

Title English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century : Living spirituality / Laurence Lux-Sterritt.

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