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This volume of twelve interdisciplinary essays addresses the
multifaceted nature of female religious identity in early modern
Europe. By dismantling the boundaries between the academic
disciplines of history, art history, musicology and literary
studies it offers new cross-cultural readings essential to a more
comprehensive understanding of the complexity of female
spirituality in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Utilising
a wide range of archival material, encompassing art, architecture,
writings and music commissioned or produced by nuns, the volume's
main emphasis is on the limitations and potentials created by the
boundaries of the convent. Each chapter explores how the personal
and national circumstances in which the women lived affected the
formation of their spirituality and the assertion of their social
and political authority. Consisting of four sections each dealing
with different parts of Europe and discussing issues of spiritual
and social identity such as 'Femininity and Sanctity', 'Convent
Theatre and Music-Making', 'Spiritual Directorship' and 'Community
and Conflict', this compelling collection offers a significant
addition to a thriving new field of study.
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