The Life of Nuns : Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval German Convents.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Open Book Publishers,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Prologue: Voices from the Past
- I. Enclosure
- 1. The Nuns' Flight
- 2. The Convent Living Space
- 3. The Ebstorf World Map
- II. Education
- 1. The Convent as School
- 2. The Convent as Cultural and Educational Space
- 3. The Heiningen Philosophy Tapestry
- III. Nuns, Family, and Community
- 1. Life History and Family Influence
- 2. The Family and the Convent Community
- 3. Representation and Status
- IV. Love and Friendship
- 1. Friendship Beyond Convent Walls
- 2. The Idea of Friendship
- 3. Christ Embracing John the Evangelist as Spiritual Bridehood
- V. Music and Reform
- 1. Secular Songs while Breaking Flax
- 2. Convent Reform
- 3. Music Instruction in Kloster Ebstorf
- VI. Reformation
- 1. The Papal Legate Arrives in Town
- 2. Convents during the Reformation
- 3. A Vision of the Reformation
- VII. Illness and Dying
- 1. Death in the Community
- 2. Medicinal Knowledge and the Rituals of Dying
- 3. This World and the Next in the Wienhausen Nuns' Choir
- VIII. Appendix
- 1. Convent Histories
- 2. Schematic Representations of Convent Life
- 3. Glossary of Terms
- 4. List of Illustrations
- 5. Sources and Secondary Literature
- Index.