A Convent Tale - A Century of Sisterhood in Spanish Milan (Hardcover)

Cloistered in an Italian library, leafing through dusty sixteenth-century manuscripts, historian P. Renée Baernstein stumbled on a mystery: The nuns of San Paolo, a vital part of community life in Milan, always busy with missionary or charity work, were suddenly in 1552 forced by the Inquisition to remain behind the thick stone walls of the convent.
An absorbing work of historical reconstruction, A Convent Tale paints a rich portrait of remarkable women forced to change, adapt and survive in the Counter-reformation world of Renaissance Italy. Baernstein traces how the nuns, stripped of their mission to transform Milan into a New Jerusalem, redirected their energies to securing their own families' political gain and status in the community.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	P. Renee Baernstein
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-92717-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Promotions
LSN:	0-415-92717-X
Barcode:	9780415927178

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