Escaped Nuns

Author : Cassandra L. Yacovazzi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190881016

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Escaped Nuns by Cassandra L. Yacovazzi Pdf

Just five weeks after its publication in January 1836, Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, billed as an escaped nun's shocking exposé of convent life, had already sold more than 20,000 copies. The book detailed gothic-style horror stories of licentious priests and abusive mothers superior, tortured nuns and novices, and infanticide. By the time the book was revealed to be a fiction and the author, Maria Monk, an imposter, it had already become one of the nineteenth century's best-selling books. In antebellum America only one book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, outsold it. The success of Monk's book was no fluke, but rather a part of a larger phenomenon of anti-Catholic propaganda, riots, and nativist politics. The secrecy of convents stood as an oblique justification for suspicion of Catholics and the campaigns against them, which were intimately connected with cultural concerns regarding reform, religion, immigration, and, in particular, the role of women in the Republic. At a time when the term "female virtue" pervaded popular rhetoric, the image of the veiled nun represented a threat to the established American ideal of womanhood. Unable to marry, she was instead a captive of a foreign foe, a fallen woman, a white slave, and a foolish virgin. In the first half of the nineteenth century, ministers, vigilantes, politicians, and writers--male and female--forged this image of the nun, locking arms against convents. The result was a far-reaching antebellum movement that would shape perceptions of nuns, and women more broadly, in America.

Author : Carol Coburn,Martha Smith
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807847747

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Spirited Lives by Carol Coburn,Martha Smith Pdf

Made doubly marginal by their gender and by their religion, American nuns have rarely been granted serious scholarly attention. Instead, their lives and achievements have been obscured by myths or distorted by stereotypes. Placing nuns into the mainstream

Author : Josephine M. Bunkley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Anti-Catholicism
ISBN : PRNC:32101063701070

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The Escaped Nun by Josephine M. Bunkley Pdf

Author : Terry Tastard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350251618

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Nightingale’s Nuns and the Crimean War by Terry Tastard Pdf

Infectious disease, wounded and dying soldiers, and a shortage of supplies were the daily realities faced by the nuns who nursed with Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. This study documents their involvement in the conflict and how the nuns bore witness to the effects of carnage and official indifference, in many cases traumatized as a result. This book reflects on the initiative and courage shown by the nuns and how their actions can be viewed as part of a wider movement among women in the mid-19th century to find fulfilment and assert control in their own lives. Nightingale's Nuns and the Crimean War also sheds light on how critics at the time accused many of the nuns of being secret agents of the Catholic Church who preyed on vulnerable soldier patients; there was a campaign in parliament to regulate and control convents. Terry Tastard shows how the nuns attempted to neutralize this anti-Catholicism, as well as charting the participation of Anglican nuns who had just begun an astonishing project to revive the religious life in the Church of England. Finally the book reveals new insights into Florence Nightingale's relationships with the nuns who nursed with her in Crimea and how these experiences impacted Nightingale's own perspective.

Author : Craig A. Monson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226534626

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Nuns Behaving Badly by Craig A. Monson Pdf

Witchcraft. Arson. Going AWOL. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. Cloistered in convents, subjected to stifling hierarchy, repressed, and occasionally persecuted by their male superiors, these women circumvented authority in sometimes extraordinary ways. But tales of their transgressions have long been buried in the Vatican Secret Archive. That is, until now. In Nuns Behaving Badly, Craig A. Monson resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. Here we meet nuns who dared speak out about physical assault and sexual impropriety (some real, some imagined). Others were only guilty of misjudgment or defacing valuable artwork that offended their sensibilities. But what unites the women and their stories is the challenges they faced: these were women trying to find their way within the Catholicism of their day and through the strict limits it imposed on them. Monson introduces us to women who were occasionally desperate to flee cloistered life, as when an entire community conspired to torch their convent and be set free. But more often, he shows us nuns just trying to live their lives. When they were crossed—by powerful priests who claimed to know what was best for them—bad behavior could escalate from mere troublemaking to open confrontation. In resurrecting these long-forgotten tales and trials, Monson also draws attention to the predicament of modern religious women, whose “misbehavior”—seeking ordination as priests or refusing to give up their endowments to pay for priestly wrongdoing in their own archdioceses—continues even today. The nuns of early modern Italy, Monson shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age—and beyond.

Author : Catalina De Erauso
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807095669

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Lieutenant Nun by Catalina De Erauso Pdf

One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish army, she traveled to Peru and Chile, became a gambler, and even mistakenly killed her own brother in a duel. During her lifetime she emerged as the adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world. This delightful translation of Catalina's own work introduces a new audience to her audacious escapades.

Author : Yaniv Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107064591

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Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul by Yaniv Fox Pdf

This book examines the political and social effects brought about by the establishment of Columbanian monasteries in seventh-century Gaul.

Author : Josephine M. BUNKLEY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021943807

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Miss Bunkley's Book. The Escaped Nun from the Sisterhood of St. Joseph, Emmettsburg, Maryland, etc. (A companion to Maria Monk.). by Josephine M. BUNKLEY Pdf

Author : Benjamin E. Park
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119583660

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A Companion to American Religious History by Benjamin E. Park Pdf

A collection of original essays exploring the history of the various American religious traditions and the meaning of their many expressions The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History explores the key events, significant themes, and important movements in various religious traditions throughout the nation’s history from pre-colonization to the present day. Original essays written by leading scholars and new voices in the field discuss how religion in America has transformed over the years, explore its many expressions and meanings, and consider religion’s central role in American life. Emphasizing the integration of religion into broader cultural and historical themes, this wide-ranging volume explores the operation of religion in eras of historical change, the diversity of religious experiences, and religion’s intersections with American cultural, political, social, racial, gender, and intellectual history. Each chronologically-organized chapter focuses on a specific period or event, such as the interactions between Moravian and Indigenous communities, the origins of African-American religious institutions, Mormon settlement in Utah, social reform movements during the twentieth century, the growth of ethnic religious communities, and the rise of the Religious Right. An innovative historical genealogy of American religious traditions, the Companion: Highlights broader historical themes using clear and compelling narrative Helps teachers expose their students to the significance and variety of America’s religious past Explains new and revisionist interpretations of American religious history Surveys current and emerging historiographical trends Traces historical themes to contemporary issues surrounding civil rights and social justice movements, modern capitalism, and debates over religious liberties Making the lessons of American religious history relevant to a broad range of readers, The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History is the perfect book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in American history courses, and a valuable resource for graduate students and scholars wanting to keep pace with current historiographical trends and recent developments in the field.

Author : Kathy Clark
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781926739830

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Guardian Angel House by Kathy Clark Pdf

Based on the true story of two sisters sheltered from the Nazis by a group of Catholic nuns during World War II. Mama had always told twelve-year-old Susan that there was no safe place for a Jew, especially in German-occupied Hungary in 1944. Susan is skeptical and afraid when she and her little sister, Vera, are sent to a convent to be kept "safe" from the Nazis. Susan and Vera find their lives transformed and soon discover the true nature of courage when they are sheltered by a group of nuns who risk their lives to protect them. "Guardian Angel House" was the nickname given to a convent operated by the Sisters of Charity in Budapest that sheltered over 120 Jewish children in German-occupied Hungary during World War II. This book tells the story of author Kathy Clark's mother and aunt, who were sheltered there by the nuns. Includes historical photographs and notes about the author's family and the Hungarian convent that became known as "Guardian Angel House."

Author : Mrs. Alexander S. Orr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Reformation
ISBN : OXFORD:600060983

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Uline's Escape; Or, Hid with the Nuns, Etc. [With Plates.] by Mrs. Alexander S. Orr Pdf

Author : Josephine M. Bunkley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1889298840

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The Nun who Escaped by Josephine M. Bunkley Pdf

Author : Pema Chödrön
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611806052

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The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chödrön Pdf

The “down-to-earth, unsentimental, [and] high-humored” Pema Chödrön classic on learning to face our lives just as they are (Los Angeles Times) It's true, as they say, that we can only love others when we first love ourselves—and we can only experience real joy when we stop running from pain. The key to understanding these truisms is simple but not easy: we must learn to open ourselves up to life in all its manifestations. Here, spiritual teacher and When Things Fall Apart author Pema Chödrön presents a uniquely practical approach to doing just that, showing us the true value in having “no escape” from the ups and downs of life. Drawing from her own experiences with marriage, divorce, motherhood, and more, Pema reveals that when we embrace the happiness and heartache, the inspiration and confusion—all the twists and turns that are part of natural life—we can begin to discover a true wellspring of courageous love that’s been within our hearts all along. As she writes in chapter four: “Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.”

Author : Maria Monk,John Jay Slocum,William K. Hoyte
Publisher : New-York : M. Monk
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Anti-Catholicism
ISBN : WISC:89098854185

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Awful Disclosures by Maria Monk,John Jay Slocum,William K. Hoyte Pdf

Author : June Melby Benowitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440839870

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Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion [2 volumes] by June Melby Benowitz Pdf

This two-volume set examines women's contributions to religious and moral development in America, covering individual women, their faith-related organizations, and women's roles and experiences in the broader social and cultural contexts of their times. This second edition of Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion provides updated and expanded information from historians and other scholars of religion, covering new issues in religion to better describe and document women's roles within religious groups. For instance, the term "evangelical feminism" is one newly defined aspect of women's involvement in religious activism. Changes are constantly occurring within the many religious faiths and denominations in America, particularly as women strive to gain positions within religious hierarchies that previously were exclusive to men and rise within their denominations to become theologians, church leaders, and bishops. The entries examine the roles that American women have played in mainstream religious denominations, small religious sects, and non-traditional practices such as witchcraft, as well as in groups that question religious beliefs, including agnostics and atheists. A section containing primary documents gives readers a firsthand look at matters of concern to religious women and their organizations. Many of these documents are the writings of women who merit entries within the encyclopedia. Readers will gain an awareness of women's contributions to religious culture in America, from the colonial era to the present day, and better understand the many challenges that women have faced to achieve success in their religion-related endeavors.