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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studiesPublication details: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2017.Description: 1 online resource (318 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781526110046
  • 1526110040
  • 9781526124227
  • 152612422X
  • 9781526110053
  • 1526110059
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century : Living spirituality.DDC classification:
  • 271/.970942 23
LOC classification:
  • BX4277.E5
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  • online - EBSCO
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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?
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1504603

Print version record.

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?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 24, 2017).

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.

In English.