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Autore |
Evangelisti Silvia |
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Titolo |
Nuns [[electronic resource] ] : a history of convent life, 1450-1700 / / Silvia Evangelisti |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-00269-X |
1-281-14679-X |
9786611146795 |
0-19-151686-4 |
1-4294-6986-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Monastic and religious life - Europe - History |
Monasticism and religious orders for women - Europe - History |
Nuns - Europe - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-283) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- On nuns and nunneries -- Cloistered spaces-- Voices from the cloister -- Theatre and music-- The visual arts -- Expansion : nuns across the globe -- Open communities for women-- Epilogue. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The fascinating story of the women who have lived in religious communities, from the dawn of the modern age onwards - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reach out to the society around them. - ;Cloistered and inaccessible 'brides of Christ'? Or socially engaged women, active in the outside world to a degree impossible for their secular sisters?. Nuns tells the fascinating stories of the women who have lived in religious communities since the dawn of the modern age - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reac |
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