Nuns : a history of convent life, 1450-1700
Evangelisti, Silvia2007
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Silvia Evangelisti presents the 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.
Main title:
Nuns : a history of convent life, 1450-1700 / Silvia Evangelisti.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Collation:
viii, 301 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.
ISBN:
9780192804358 (hbk)
Dewey class:
248.8943248.894
Language:
English
BRN:
288190