A Convent Tale
DOWNLOAD
Download A Convent Tale PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get A Convent Tale book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
A Convent Tale
DOWNLOAD
Author : P. Renee Baernstein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-16
A Convent Tale written by P. Renee Baernstein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-16 with History categories.
Power often operates in strange and surprising ways. With A Convent Tale, Renee Baernstein uncovers some of the nuanced methods cloistered women devised to exert their agency. In the tradition of Simon Schama and Steven Ozment, Baernstein uses the compelling story of a single clan, the Sfondrati, to refashion our understanding of the early modern period. Showing the nuns as neither helpless victims nor valiant rebels, but reasonable beings maneuvering as best they could within limits set by class, gender and culture. Baernstein writes against the tendency to depict women as inactive pawns, and shows that even within the convent walls, nuns were empowered by ties with their (often earthly) families and actively involved in the politics of the period. Both a major contribution to scholarship on gender, family and religion in early modern Europe, and a colorful well-told tale of Renaissance intrigue, A Convent Tale is sure to attract a wide range of academic and general readers.
The Convent
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rosamund Coakley
language : en
Publisher: Aesop Publications
Release Date : 2016-02-16
The Convent written by Rosamund Coakley and has been published by Aesop Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-16 with Fiction categories.
The Convent: A Moral Tale is the story of a girl who attends a convent school. During a lesson about honour her class is told that they should always follow their conscience. This lesson is ignored by one of those who are in authority and the girl is unduly punished.
The Nuns Of Saint Ambrogio
DOWNLOAD
Author : Hubert Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
The Nuns Of Saint Ambrogio written by Hubert Wolf and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Convents categories.
"The story of a scandal of epic proportions at the heart of the Catholic church - told by one of the world's leading papal historians; A true, never-before-told tale, of poison, murder, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent - recently discovered in a Vatican archive; Starring a German princess, the Pope, the Inquisition - and the real-life fantasies of the convent's beautiful young mistress. Discovered in a secret Vatican archive, this is the true, never-before-told story of poison, murder, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth century convent. In 1858, Katherina von Hohenzollern, a German princess recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. The subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered the extraordinary secrets of Sant'Ambrogio and the illicit behavior of the convent's beautiful young mistress, Maria Luissa."--Publisher's description.
The Convent A Narrative Founded On Fact 1848
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rachel McCrindell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-05
The Convent A Narrative Founded On Fact 1848 written by Rachel McCrindell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Literary Collections categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Nunnery Tales Or Cruising Under False Colours A Tale Of Love And Lust
DOWNLOAD
Author : Anonymous
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date :
Nunnery Tales Or Cruising Under False Colours A Tale Of Love And Lust written by Anonymous and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
"Good news, Augustus," my mother exclaimed upon reading the message she'd just received from a friend in Dieppe. "Your father has escaped France in safety." We hugged each other, overjoyed to know that he'd avoided the inevitable fate, which, as an aristocrat, would have befallen him at the hands of the purging Republicans. Then a look of distress crossed her face. "But until we get news from England to enable us to join him there, I hardly know where we can look for refuge. I suppose we're guaranteed a temporary home, for my younger sister, Agatha, is Abbess of the convent of St. Claire, but now there is talk of suppressing convents and priests altogether. My other fear pertains to you, my dear boy," she said, wringing her hands. "Taking refuge and protecting you from danger is one thing; but how to smuggle you, a young boy of seventeen, into a convent full of young nuns is a perfect puzzle to me." "Nonsense, Mother!" I exclaimed. "Before the convents are suppressed, we'll be in safety in England, and as for getting me snugly into the convent, we're about the same height and resemble one another, so you must dress me up the best way you can and introduce me as your sister, or niece, or friend, or something or other." "You are impudent for imagining any such idea," replied my mother, laughing, "but you forget one thing. It will be impossible to deceive my sister, Agatha." "Try, anyway," I said, "and if the worst comes to the worst, we must let her into our secret and trust to her kindness." "Your plan is bold, if not rash, but as I can't think of anything else, we'll try it," she agreed with some misgivings. "Let me see," she continued in a musing tone, "I'll present you as the niece of your father's wife, but even then Agatha may have her suspicions, but we'll risk it." She wagged a finger at me. "Mind you don't look so bold, and stride so wide in your walk as you usually do, and I'll dress you suitably tomorrow morning." I shook my head. "We don't know what may happen this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
The Convent
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rachel M'Crindell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
The Convent written by Rachel M'Crindell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with categories.
The Nuns Of Sant Ambrogio
DOWNLOAD
Author : Hubert Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2015-01-13
The Nuns Of Sant Ambrogio written by Hubert Wolf and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-13 with History categories.
A true, never-before-told story—discovered in a secret Vatican archive—of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent. In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant’Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. What the subsequent investigation by the Church’s Inquisition uncovered were the extraordinary secrets of Sant’Ambrogio and the illicit behavior of the convent’s beautiful young mistress, Maria Luisa. Having convinced those under her charge that she was having regular visions and heavenly visitations, Maria Luisa began to lead and coerce her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies. She entered into a highly eroticized relationship with a young theologian known as Padre Peters—urging him to dispense upon her, in the privacy and sanctity of the confessional box, what the two of them referred to as the “special blessing.” What emerges through the fog of centuries is a sex scandal of ecclesiastical significance, skillfully brought to light and vividly reconstructed in scholarly detail. Offering a broad historical background on female mystics and the cult of the Virgin Mary, and drawing on written testimony and original documents, Professor Wolf—Germany’s leading scholar of the Catholic Church, and among the very first scholars to be granted access to the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the office of the Inquisition—tells the incredible story of how one woman was able to perpetrate deception, heresy, seduction, and murder in the heart of the Church itself.
Six Hours In A Convent Or The Stolen Nuns
DOWNLOAD
Author : Charles W. Frothingham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1855
Six Hours In A Convent Or The Stolen Nuns written by Charles W. Frothingham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 with Convents categories.
The Feast In The Convent And Other Tales
DOWNLOAD
Author : Piergino Pedrocco
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
The Feast In The Convent And Other Tales written by Piergino Pedrocco and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Fiction categories.
The First Confession: The nuns of a convent are preparing the annual feast, but there isn't enough money. The eldest Sister, Vittorina, however, has a pleasant surprise in store for them. The Gift of Christmas: On Christmas Eve, in a beautiful tranquil atmosphere, Felle is intrigued by the special gift promised to the poor family next door. Eventually, the mystery will be revealed. The First Confession: A tale about a young girl and a patient priest trying to guide her on the right path, which results in an involuntary confession. The Narrow Door: A tale about a stringent priest, who admonishes his parishioners with the evangelical metaphor of the narrow door, and discovers that sin lurks within his family, causing severe conflict. The Madonna of the Mouse : A tale about a painting of the Madonna hung with the purpose of protecting a farmer's field. The end reveals the true meaning behind the purchase of the painting.
Veil Of Fear
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rebecca Theresa Reed
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 1999
Veil Of Fear written by Rebecca Theresa Reed and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Ex-nuns categories.
Rebecca Reed and Maria Monk may not be well-known authors today, but these women were publishing sensations in nineteenth-century America. Their lurid tales of life in two North American convents, one in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and the other in Montreal, Canada, sold more than one-half million copies. Reed escaped from the Ursuline convent in Charlestown in 1832. Her dramatic renditions of Roman Catholic ritual practice helped spark a night of violence that resulted in the convent being burned to the ground by an angry mob. Reed's published narrative, Six Months in a Convent, appeared just as the trials of the rioters were ending in 1835, and became an instant literary success. Monk's supporters capitalized on the lucrative market in anti-Catholic literature, by bringing out the pseudo-pornographic Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery in 1836. Monk, who claimed her infant daughter had been fathered by a Catholic priest, was in fact a Montreal prostitute rather than a nun. She enjoyed the life of a literary star in New York before her hoax was uncovered. These two narratives are now available for the first time in a single paperback edition. Nancy Lusignan Schultz's introduction provides a fascinating glimpse into the history, development, and marketing of these phenomenal best-sellers. The convent tales by Reed and Monk are classics that must be read by those interested in American studies, popular culture, social and religious history, literature, and women's studies.