Nuns: A History of Convent Life

by Silvia Evangelisti

Book Overview

Praised in The Atlantic Monthly as an "engrossing narrative," Nuns tells the fascinating stories of the women who have lived in religious communities during some of the most tumultuous years in European history. Drawing particularly on the nuns' own words, Silvia Evangelisti reveals their ideals and achievements, frustrations and failures, and their attempts to reach out to the society around them. She explores how they came to the cloister, how they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199532052
• ISBN13: 9780199532056
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Nuns, a History of Convent Life

The English are putting out works on the history of nuns lately and this one is enlightening to anyone who wants to see the nonstereotypical image of nuns through modern times. I was pleased by the ease of readability and great images of women who wanted more out of life than what was available to them at the time.