A rare early modern treatise on the governance of nuns after the Council of Trent, detailing enclosure, vows, novitiate discipline, and convent administration. An important window into Counter-Reformation regulation of female religious life.
This small book is the second (and more complete) edition of the founding documents of the Congregation of the Visitation This book is represented in OCLC by only the SMU copy. In the Preface Sister (& later saint) Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot writes:... Continue Reading →
575J Valerio da Venezia, (Giuseppe Ballardini). (1550-1618) Sanctuarium monacharum. Der Klosterfrawen Heiligthumb ; in welchem von volkomner Haltung der dreyen Closter gelibten, Gehorsam, Armuet und Keuschheit, Item von andern Sachen so einer Closterperson zuwissen und zu üben notwendig und nutz sein,... Continue Reading →
Author INDEX J.B. 346J Mary Barber 377J Mary Barber 373J Madam De Bellefont 572G Susanna Centlivre 347J Susanna Centlivre 357J Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon 348J [Martha Hatfield].362J Mary De La Riviere Manley 122F Katherine Philips 103G Mary Pix 376J... Continue Reading →
Author INDEX J.B. 346J Mary Barber 377J Mary Barber 373J Madam De Bellefont 572G Susanna Centlivre 347J Susanna Centlivre 357J Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon 348J [Martha Hatfield].362J Mary De La Riviere Manley 122F Katherine Philips 103G Mary Pix 376J... Continue Reading →
197J Martin Luther (1483-1546) Vrsach vnd antwort. das Junckfrawen. Kloster. Götlich verlassen mügen. Augsburg : Heinrich von Steiner 1523 $SOLD Quarto 6 ¾x 5 ½inches. A4,B2 . Bound in 19thcentury boards. The catalyst for this famous Luther letter was the escape... Continue Reading →
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