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Author Monson, Craig (Craig A.)

Title Nuns behaving badly : tales of music, magic, art, and arson in the convents of Italy / Craig A. Monson.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  BX4220.I8 M68 2010    Available  ---
Description xvi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
Contents Dangerous enchantments : what the inquisitor found, San Lorenzo (Bologna, 1584) -- Spinsters, silkworms, and a flight in flagrante, San Niccolò di Strozzi (Reggio Calabria, 1673) -- Perilous patronage : generosity and jealousy, Santa Maria Nuova (Bologna, 1646-80) -- Slipping through the cracks : a convent's porous walls, Santa Maria degli Angeli (Pavia, 1651-75) -- Nights at the opera : the travels and travails of Christina Cavazza, Santa Cristina della Fondazza (Bologna, 1708-35).
Subject Nuns -- Italy -- Conduct of life -- History -- 16th century.
Nuns.
Italy.
Conduct of life.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Nuns -- Italy -- Conduct of life -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Convents -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
Convents.
Convents -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
Women -- Italy -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
Women.
Social conditions.
Women -- Italy -- Social conditions -- 17th century.
Music in convents -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
Music in convents.
Music in convents -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
Women.
Womyn.
ISBN 9780226534619 cloth alkaline paper
0226534618 cloth alkaline paper