TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lux-Sterritt,Laurence
TI  - English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century: Living spirituality 
T2  - Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies
SN  - 9781526110046
AV  - BX4277.E5 
U1  - 271/.970942 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Catholics, English
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Monasticism and religious orders for women
KW  - Benedictine nuns
KW  - Catholiques anglais
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 17e siècle
KW  - Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins
KW  - Bénédictines
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Institutions & Organizations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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