Life and Death in a Venetian Convent: The Chronicle and Necrology of Corpus Domini, 1395-1436

by Bartolomea Riccoboni

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226717895
• ISBN13: 9780226717890
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Great Read!

This book was very enjoyable and can be read within a couple of hours. It was emotionally moving to read of the devoted and resolute women of the convent a number of whom were only seven years old!