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  • English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800, Part II, vol 4

    Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America. These closed communities offered religious contemplation and safety, but also provided an environment of concentrated female intellectualism. The nuns’ writings from this time form a unique resource. ... Read more

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  • English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800, Part II, vol 6

    Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America. These closed communities offered religious contemplation and safety, but also provided an environment of concentrated female intellectualism. The nuns’ writings from this time form a unique resource. ... Read more

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  • English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800, Part II, vol 5

    Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America. These closed communities offered religious contemplation and safety, but also provided an environment of concentrated female intellectualism. The nuns’ writings from this time form a unique resource. ... Read more

    $255.99 USD

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  • The Complete Works of Eileen Power

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    The Complete Works of Eileen PowerEileen Edna Le Poer Power was a British economic historian and medievalist.This collection includes the following:Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535Medieval People ... Read more

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    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. ... Read more

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