These works by Sister Bartolomea Riccoboni offer an intimate portrait of the women who inhabited the Venetian convent of Corpus Domini, where they shared a religious life bounded physically by the convent wall and organized temporally by the rhythms of work and worship. At the same time, they show how this cloistered community vibrated with news of the great ecclesiastical events of the day, such as the Great Western Schism and the Council of Constance. While the chronicle recounts the history of the nuns' collective life, the necrology provides highly individualized biographies of nearly fifty women who died in the convent between 1395 and 1436. We follow the fascinating stories that led these women, from adolescent girls to elderly widows, to join the convent; and we learn of their cultural backgrounds and intellectual accomplishments, their ascetic practices and mystical visions, their charity and devotion to each other and their fortitude in the face of illness and death. The personal and social meaning of religious devotion comes alive in these texts, the first of their kind to be translated into English.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226717890
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94452400
Product Key Features
Author
Sister Bartolomea Riccoboni
Publication Name
Life and Death in a Venetian Convent: the Chronicle and Necrology of Corpus Domini, 1395-1436
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Zoology, History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
142 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
227mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
226g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Sister Bartolomea Riccoboni
Series Title
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: the Toronto Series