The nuns of Saint'Ambrogio: the true story of a convent in scandal

Discovered in a secret Vatican archive, this is the true, never-before-told story of poison, murder, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth century convent. In 1858, Katherina von Hohenzollern, a German princess recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic...

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Main Author: Wolf, Hubert 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[The nuns of Saint'Ambrogio], in: The English historical review 131 (2016), 553, Seite 1550-1552 (John Pollard)
Edition:Impression 1
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sant'Ambrogio della Massima (Vatican Palace) / Franziskanerinnen / Religious life / Sexual behavior / Violent behavior / Saints / Inquisition / Process / History 1858-1862
IxTheo Classification:KCA Monasticism; religious orders
Further subjects:B Monastery
B Franziskanerinnen
B Katharina Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Fürstin (1817-1893)
B Rom <Italien>
B Biography
B Italy
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