Virgins of Venice : Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent by Mary Laven, Mary Laven
Virgins of Venice : Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent
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Mary Laven, Mary Laven
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Virgins of Venice : Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent

Mary Laven, Mary Laven

320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A portrait of 16th and 17th century Italian convent life, set in the vibrant culture of late Renaissance Venice. Early 16th century Venice had 50 convents and about 3,000 nuns. In this book Mary Laven provides an insight into the nuns hidden world...

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