The Daily Life of Nuns in Seventeenth-century Papal Rome: Prayers, Supernatural Events, Everyday Concerns and Violence

The paper aims to examine the daily life of Italian Catholic nuns in Baroque Rome. During the seventeenth century, several important nunneries were founded in the Papal City. Many were established especially for women from the most important or wealthy families. Almost all of these religious communi...

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Main Author: Lirosi, Alessia 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Wales Press 2023
In: The journal of religious history, literature and culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-40
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Vatican Palace / Catholicism / Nun / Monastery / Everyday life / History 1600-1700
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBJ Italy
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KDB Roman Catholic Church
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B MURDERS
B Rome
B Devil
B Holiness
B Nuns
B Catholicism
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