| 单词 | nunnery |
| 例句 | Her convent is a place of chaste simplicity, with none of the luxuries whispered of in some nunneries: eating from gold plates, drinking wine, entertaining men, and neglecting the hours for prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And on Port Meadow at the full moon there’s a werewolf that comes out from the old nunnery at Godstow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “The Security of the Holy Spirit—they guard nunneries and monasteries and that….So we can’t go in that way.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My Aunt Libby's husband had made a joke once, about a nun that a nunnery sent to Teresa for a checkup. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As in a nunnery too, there are few mirrors. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then they will tear me to pieces there! My honor sullied, I will be dismissed from court and packed off to a nunnery somewhere, never to marry!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Time here is measured by bells, as once in nunneries. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “To a nunnery—go, and quickly, too. Farewell!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “To a nunnery!” he cried again, his voice echoing from the stone walls of the vast foyer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The takes, for example, are extremely long — the “get thee to a nunnery” scene lasts nearly 10 minutes and is composed of only two shots. ‘Hamlet’ in Virtual Reality Casts the Viewer in the Play 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z When she becomes pregnant, they secretly marry and she enters a nunnery for safety; Abelard is attacked and castrated. The simple question that inspired "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z I much preferred Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills, a hushed and simmering tale of two former orphan girls at a Romanian nunnery, even though it takes a shade too long to get where it's going. Cannes diary: day six 2012-05-21T15:13:14Z She was dispatched to a nunnery upon the death of her husband, Emperor Taizong and, like Liu, hauled herself back to glory through guile and determination. Better Than Elizabeth Taylor? Meet Liu Xiaoqing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z With another 40,000 books to be distributed by the organisers, a total of one million are expected to have been given away at locations ranging from high streets and hospitals to nunneries and prisons. Book lovers flock to hear Trafalgar Square readings 2011-03-05T00:21:25Z A group of crows is a murder; pandas, an embarrassment; nuns, a superfluity — a term that dates to the Middle Ages, when nunneries were overcrowded, lice-ridden and destitute. The Nuns of Fiction: Experts in Affliction and Awe 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The settlement is strewn with monasteries and nunneries, with rows of fluttering prayer flags everywhere. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z We visited a Buddhist nunnery, where dozens of young nuns were living; we were told this is one way for a girl from a poor family to get an education. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “Carol does not end with a suicide or a murder or a get thee to a nunnery or a mental institution scenario,” said Nagy. How Baftas stole a march on the ‘so straight’ Oscars 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z One of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism, Mount Putuo boasts monasteries and nunneries galore, as well as temple restaurants with tasty vegetarian fare. 2008-11-09T14:30:00Z Amelia heads to a nunnery to talk to girls who might have ran with Julie. True Detective recap: season two, episode six – Hunters in the Dark 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z I doubt your girlfriend is looking for a magic remedy or expecting you to accompany her to the nearest nunnery. My friend’s boyfriend died and I don’t know what to say to her | Dear Mariella 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z And now that we’ve endured almost two years of quarantine and social distancing, her new novel about a 12th-century nunnery feels downright timely. Review | In Lauren Groff’s hands, the tale of a medieval nunnery is must-read fiction 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Her father was out of the picture and her mother, a Parisian courtesan, had shuttled her daughter around France — to a boarding school, a countryside nursery, a nunnery. Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z She called it a “happy coincidence” that the pieces — two armchairs and a pouf — will be presented in an abandoned nunnery, under a portrait of a former pope. A Panorama of Design 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z While lines from Hamlet’s “Get thee to a nunnery” scene intone on the soundtrack, the performers’ shoulders jerk abruptly: The women seem to be flinching at the prince’s remarks. ‘Enter Ophelia, Distracted’ dance production offers feminist take on Shakespeare character The 360- aerial images explore several of the Mayan ruins, including the pyramid, the Temple of Warriors, the observatory and the nunnery. 10 virtual tours of the world’s most famous landmarks 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “Matrix” follows Marie de France, a “bastardess sibling of the crown,” as she transforms a destitute nunnery, all but forgotten and plagued by starvation, into a wealthy and powerful world of women. Finalists Announced for This Year’s National Book Awards 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Covertly using the factory’s equipment, they eventually hit the jackpot by designing luxury garments adorned with scraps of beaded embroidery procured from the nunnery. ‘Beate’ Review: Bad Habits 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z When her sister Louisa, a talented artist who became abbess of a nunnery, tried to convert her to Roman Catholicism, Sophia briskly denounced it as “a very evil religion.” Royal Ladies, Royal Intrigue 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He starts to elaborate, about how it's under the Poor Clares nunnery, and you can go into that and come out in an entirely different world. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z Comprising about a hundred women toiling in relative obscurity, it was unofficially known as “the nunnery.” Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Suddenly the pair are inseparable, and we learn that Rose has been in this situation before: she left the nunnery in disgrace after becoming "entangled" with a young novice. The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell – review 2013-06-07T09:01:01Z These, however, were turned over to a nunnery as part of a novice’s dowry, a symbol of her mystic betrothal to Jesus. ‘Treasures and Talismans,’ at the Cloisters, Puts Rings on a Pedestal 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z O’Toole certainly struggled that night he was so drunk he tried to pay for sex in a nunnery. Marina Hyde's Lost in showbiz: high fives all round as Val Kilmer whoops about his new Top Gun mission 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z There’s a nunnery down the street, and sometimes nuns will come up and there are very friendly interactions. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Using four massive curves of burnished wall to create any number of configurations – soldier's camp, gypsy encampment, nunnery, castle ramparts – the effect is sculptural and monumental. Il Trovatore - review 2011-02-27T18:03:39Z “Cultural assimilation is bound to happen, but we have a Tibetan monastery, schools, nunneries and settlements,” said the elected settlement officer of Dharamsala’s Tibetan Settlement Office. Himalayan refuge: Tibetan traditions find a second home in India’s Dharamsala 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z But if you think that abstinence should be our model for modern fertility management, consider the mass graves that get found every so often under old nunneries. I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z "I'm not going to join a nunnery," she said. Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride 2011-03-23T15:05:13Z She is a captive in Enomoto's nunnery, where the seminarians are impregnated by Buddhist monks and the babies killed. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell 2010-05-10T23:05:00Z With them is a beautiful young society woman who was on her way to enter a nunnery. Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Do they have an epiphany and retreat to a nunnery in Lille? 'Misjudged and boring' 2010-05-26T11:47:00Z Book me in a nunnery, then maybe you can call me controversial. Brendon Burns, comedian 2012-08-07T16:51:02Z And this week she has yet more trouble to contend with in the shape of a veiled woman accusing Sybil of murdering her daughter back at the nunnery over the sea. Camelot: episode six 2011-07-10T21:09:00Z Though they were obedient, “occasionally a note of bitterness crept out,” Hadlow said, citing letters the sisters wrote to each other marked “the nunnery.” Queen Charlotte and King George III: What does the 'Bridgerton' prequel get right? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z “If you don’t want your pants pulled about, don’t become a model! Join a nunnery, there’ll always be a place for you in the convent. They’re recruiting even!” Models and climate activists hit the streets to protest the star-studded 2023 Met Gala 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Mornings inside the nunnery are filled with the thuds of heavy footsteps and the clanking of swords as the nuns train under Ms. Lhamo’s tutelage. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Some were poignantly placed, like bringing in Hamlet’s “Get thee to a nunnery” speech after she, as a teen, was threatened by the child’s father out of getting an abortion. ‘Becoming Othello’: a powerful, electric play at Seattle Shakes 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Working his family mercilessly, he causes his Chinese-born wife to retreat to a Buddhist nunnery. Review | 3 great new audiobooks for your commute, your walk or just chilling out 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z She later founded a nunnery in India focused on giving women in Tibetan Buddhism some of the same opportunities reserved for monks. In Buddhism, women blaze a path but strive for gender equity 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z When food was scarce, her parents sent her to a nunnery where she would have enough to eat. This feminist witch introduced California to Goddess worship 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z “Kung Fu helps us to break gender barriers and develop inner confidence,” said Ms. Lhamo, 34, who arrived at the nunnery a dozen years ago from Ladakh, in northern India. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Any threat to property or prestige must be immediately quashed — or sent to a nunnery. Commentary: What 'Hamlet' has to say about Trump's impeachment trial 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z In places where touch is expressly forbidden – schools, nunneries, consulting rooms – any brushing of skin speaks volumes. Look, don't touch: what great literature can teach us about love with no contact 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z They have blazed a path of progress in recent decades for Buddhist women — from education through advanced degrees and the creation of nunneries to seeking full ordination. In Buddhism, women blaze a path but strive for gender equity 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z There are no neighbors for miles other than a nunnery run by the Russian Orthodox Church. ‘Here I Can Be My Own Dictator’ 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The sect’s nuns were first introduced to martial arts in 2008 by followers from Vietnam, who had come to the nunnery to learn scriptures and how to play the instruments used during prayers. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war. Movies on TV this week: Jan. 19-25: 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Agnes meets in the Schlafly Cafe as she plays other aunts against each other and tells a Commander that at Ardua Hall, a sort of nunnery, they say “Pen is Envy.” Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ takes readers on wild ride 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Aging Robin Hood returns from war and finds Maid Marian in a nunnery and the sheriff of Nottingham in charge. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The essentials: Get thee to a nunnery — or perish. New in L.A. theater: ‘Sister Act’ at Casa 0101, ‘Diana of Dobson’s’ at Antaeus and more 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z During their trips down the steep slopes from the nunnery to the local market, the nuns have been verbally abused by monks from other sects. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z “If you don’t want your pants pulled about, don’t become a model! Join a nunnery, there’ll always be a place for you in the convent,” he said at the time. Jameela Jamil calls Karl Lagerfeld a ‘fat-phobic misogynist’ amid celebrity tributes following his death 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z When she was allowed to leave the refugee camp to attend a Catholic grammar school in a nunnery, she paid for her food with kitchen labor alongside the nuns and learned large-scale cooking. Review | Chef Lidia Bastianich’s immigrant success story 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Mindong is dotted with dozens of these churches, many of them with soaring spires, chapels, residences and nunneries, all of them technically illegal. 10 Million Catholics in China Face Storm They Can’t Control 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z There is something of the medieval battle convention to this; when a knight is vanquished, all his womenfolk just have to spontaneously join a nunnery, or become vowesses. What next for the TV shows caught in the post-Weinstein crossfire? 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Every day, the nunnery receives at least a dozen inquiries about joining the order from places as far as Mexico, Ireland, Germany and the United States. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z But a little-known fact about Ladakh is that the region is also home to 28 nunneries. A Himalayan home for Buddhist nuns 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Get lost among the bustling streets, enjoy the peaceful elegance of Norbulingka Garden, or visit one of the many monasteries and nunneries in the region. 23 Honeymoon Destinations for Every Type of Couple 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Alison Brie: Yes, and we read books on nuns and nunneries and medieval times to prepare for this film. Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Molly Shannon talk f-bombs and faith in 'The Little Hours' 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Before rates fell below zero in 2014, the nunnery invested less than a quarter of its portfolio in equity. Get Thee to a Brokerage! Low Rates Turn Nuns Into Traders 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z She wanted to become a nun and begged her uncle to let her join Drukpa nunnery, but he refused. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z At noon, crimson-robed nuns flocked to a gathering at the main nunnery. China Takes a Chain Saw to a Center of Tibetan Buddhism 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Get thee to a nunnery America is by no means the only Western democracy prone to spasms of nativism. This land is our land 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z He’d helped build a nunnery in India, ridden a motorcycle in the Himalayas and visited all 50 American states. With his son terribly ill, a top scientist takes on chronic fatigue syndrome 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “Get thee to a nunnery,” bellowed Omar, pointing a long finger at her and pouring Prince Hamlet’s cruel speech into her uncomprehending ears. How Omar Sharif Rose to Fame 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z She eventually made her way to the nunnery and never returned. Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z By night, they patrol the streets outside the nunnery, even as the younger nuns sleep in tents on the lawn. How Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the quake 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Her great grandmother was found on the steps of a nunnery in Italy. The woman who adopts dead babies - BBC News 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z After a bruising battle, Boris emerged victorious - but his reign over the Tory party only lasted six months, until the Mirror's astonishing scoop over his unfortunate incident with the bicycle pump in the nunnery. Four imaginary hung parliament scenarios 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Lacock Abbey was founded in the early 13th Century by the Countess of Salisbury as a nunnery. The stately homes of Wolf Hall 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The participants at the hotel, a former nunnery, were mostly in their 20s and mostly Arab, and conversations jumped from Arabic to Hebrew to English. The Startups of Nazareth 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The 26-year-old nunnery is a unique example of a gender reversal in the rarefied world of monastic life, where monks often occupy positions of power, leaving nuns the menial chores. How Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the quake 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Max discovers that the religious atmosphere is rift with gossip and legends of buried treasure, and the nunnery is divided - some nuns want to modernize the abbey while others adamantly do not. Review: Wry humor permeates ‘A Demon Summer’ 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z In fact, you may want to get thee to a nunnery. ‘The Bling Ring’: Lives without values, ethics or morality 2013-06-28T19:54:00Z There is a Catholic nunnery with a single red Ford Focus parked in front. Zadie Smith: “The Embassy of Cambodia.” 2013-02-04T05:00:00Z Was Gore supposed to enter a nunnery after losing in 2000? Don't Hate on Al Gore for His Big Apple Score 2013-01-18T14:00:49Z After the earthquake, the nuns repaired the solar panels at the nunnery, laid new tiles in the front yard and are rebuilding their broken compound wall. How Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the quake 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z These blond curls were cut off by a young woman called Emma when she entered a nunnery There are 250 exhibits in Beloved Hair and examples of extravagant hairdressing are common. Twists and turns in history of hair 2012-10-05T23:27:27Z The State Department also cited "a marked deterioration" in official respect for and protection of religious freedom in China, including greater restrictions on religious practice especially in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries. Religious freedoms deteriorated in China last year, U.S. says 2012-07-30T16:46:55Z The former News of the World reporter recounted how having got a picture of a priest with a rent boy he had to run off through a nunnery at midnight in his underpants. What will come of Leveson report? 2012-07-24T03:33:42Z Most of the alien priories in England were cells of Norman houses and several of the nunneries visited by Rigaud had possessions in England. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z “Community duty is also a form of spiritual exercise, and our strong limbs are now trained to work hard and for long hours,” said Konchok, who oversees the Internet and sound system at the nunnery. How Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the quake 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z The ruins of the ancient nunnery are distant nearly quarter of a mile from the churchyard, on the grounds of a gentleman named Charlton. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Our camp at Tatsang was pitched just below the nunnery there, which is on the top of a rock and where there are about thirty nuns. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The General, a resplendent figure in his uniform, knows a good deal about the most abstruse and complicated sciences, though he proclaims that he knows no more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z It is not unreasonable to expect that we may learn something to our purpose by a comparison of French and English nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In Boston things went so far that a nunnery was pillaged and burned by a mob. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Visitors to Clonmacnois will not have any difficulty in seeing the ruins of the nunnery, for Mr Charlton willingly permits visitors to see them. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z After leaving the nunnery we jogged along a dry and barren valley which gradually rose in about 12 miles to a pass 17,200 feet. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The city had nunneries, and Palaces, gardens, and squares, and places of amusement, and was designed to become a great capital, and to perpetuate French dominion, and the Catholic faith in America. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z For the most part these nunneries were large houses, often having lay sisters and sometimes lay brothers attached to them. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The priory of Swine was a Cistercian nunnery of fifteen sisters and a prioress. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z A Gilbertine nunnery, founded later in the same century, stood adjacent to the church, and portions of the buildings appear in an existing block of almshouses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z I did not start till an hour later, as I had wanted to see everything off, and then went up to visit the nunnery, over which the lady abbess showed me. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Even these, however, were large compared with some of the small nunneries in England. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A time when nunneries and monasteries go into disrepute, and the accommodating doctrines of Mahomet, and the get-as-many-wives-as-you-can-support-and-keep-them-as-long-as-they-don't-fight principles of Mormonism, are regnant in the land. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Being informed that one of her daughters was in danger of being married to an Indian of St. Francis, he rescued her from this miserable destiny, and placed her in a nunnery with her sister. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z But the most curious document regarding this obnoxious weed is found in Lobel, who states that it was carefully cultivated in the gardens of monasteries and nunneries, to preserve their chastity. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Some time before the year 959 she entered the Benedictine nunnery of Gandersheim, a foundation which was confined to ladies of German birth, and was highly favoured by the Saxon dynasty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The financial condition of many of these houses was very bad, and there is evidence both of the poverty and of the bad management which seem to have been characteristic of nunneries everywhere. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A small steam-yacht, which we could see lying at anchor in the Sound below, had just let loose a dozen yachtsmen upon the loneliness of Iona, and they were being personally conducted through the nunnery. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z At the request of the Archbishop, guards were placed at the convent of Santa Clara, and the other nunneries, to prevent the soldiers from committing any outrages on them. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z The Platz, the old gardens of the nunnery, the terrace of the castle, all were spread out before me; and to my utter surprise, there seemed little or no movement going forward. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Bungay Castle, the castle of the Bigods, is quite gone; so is the Benedictine nunnery; so is the industry of giving copper sheathing to the bottoms of ships. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z But the usual custom was to place such women as lay boarders in the custody of a nunnery. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z On a line with this building is the nunnery, containing 40 sisters of the Ursuline order. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of your chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z "Soldiers surrounded the nunnery and sealed it off, and nothing more is known of the situation inside," said Kanyag. Tibetan nun dies after sets self on fire: activists 2012-02-12T16:20:26Z It said Choedon shouted slogans of protest against the Chinese government before setting herself on fire at a junction close to the nunnery. Tibetan Nun Sets Herself on Fire in China 2012-02-12T15:14:15Z It seems clear that even before the Dissolution proper decay was manifest in some of the smaller nunneries; numbers were dwindling and morals were not always beyond suspicion. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z What have nunneries and monasteries, and what has the glorification of celibacy done for the family? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Nuns were regarded as su- perior to mothers, a monastery holier than a home, a nunnery nearer sacred than the cradle. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z That country has been covered with nunneries, monasteries, cathedrals and temples—filled with all varieties of priests and holy men. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z There were also three monasteries and three nunneries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Of the other two nunneries little is known at this time, save that they were very small; there were four nuns at Wix. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It is fairly certain that Didau and the daughter Fredeswide established a nunnery and built a church there in the eighth century. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z To the spinster outside the nunnery Spain has little to offer. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The former, a nunnery, was founded by the Lady Alwyn, foster-mother to Edgar the Peacemaker. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The same monarch established an Augustinian nunnery on West Hill in 1355, of which, however, few remains exist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Some of these devices seem to modern eyes harmless enough; but they were opposed by medieval Visitors because they brought the nunneries into too close contact with the world and were subversive of discipline. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The parish Church of St Bees, with good Norman and Early English work, belonged to a Benedictine priory of 1120; but according to tradition the first religious house here was a nunnery founded c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The sisters did not abandon it until six weeks after the battle, but as the nunnery stood outside the city walls, their superior judged it no safe abode for Spanish ladies, and ordered them away. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Under her dedication a Benedictine nunnery was founded here at the beginning of the eleventh century. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Novice, nov′is, n. one new in anything: a beginner: one newly received into the church: an inmate of a convent or nunnery who has not yet taken the vow.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z After that I was never willing to go first into any closed place in any nunnery, lest anything of the kind should happen, and lest I should be unable to get out easily. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "She keeps my house as neat as a nunnery!" he said. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The chief treasure of this nunnery, one regrets to add, is the polished skull of Mary Magdalene. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z They remained, however, good294 friends, and these very Indians soon after helped to store the ship with cattle belonging to a nunnery, situated on an island in the gulf. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z By way of response, a man, whose wife had been put in a nunnery to save her from his brutality, was dragged out and butchered in the streets. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The anxiety of the upper classes to secure a place for their children in nunneries sometimes even led to overcrowding. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The Habsburgs, protectors of the nunnery, gradually drew to themselves the exercise of all the rights of the nuns, so that in 1352 Glarus joined the Swiss Confederation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Amadis lay in a distant nunnery, recovering from the wasting sorrow from which he had suffered so long. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z On the final defeat of Mordred she retires to a nunnery, takes the veil, and is no more heard of. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Let me tell you that for a tithe of your follies Mademoiselle de Torigny was banished from court to a nunnery. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z A very strong personal connection must in time have been established between a nunnery and certain families from which, in each generation, it received a daughter or a niece and her dower. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z She consented, and the next day I took the entire party to the nunnery and we were shown through by the Lady Superior. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z To this, as it seemed a mere pretence, he replied that he could easily undertake to purge the wife in the nunnery without exposing her to such evident danger of greater shame. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The Roman Catholics have a very fine church, and, as an accessory, a very extensive nunnery. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z "That should make you the more pitiful, madame, for such as I. Let me go, madame, to a nunnery--even to that of Our Lady of Lespaille--but spare me this!" The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z A close link bound each nunnery to the family of its patron. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "No, signora; the inhibition is mutual: we may not enter any nunnery." From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Nor did the wife leave the nunnery before it was proved to Monsignor the Governor that Caponsacchi was staying in Civita Vecchia, as was established by the authentic testimony of the Chancellor of that district. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z After many long years she returned to the nunnery, having lost her innocence, but not her faith, for during all her wanderings she had never omitted her habit of prayer to Our Lady. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Buddhist monkeries and nunneries are almost as common, and certainly more ancient than Roman Catholic monasteries, and they had very nearly the same numerous accessories in worship, which we are familiar with in papal countries. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The account rolls of a nunnery of average size usually contain payments to more than one priest. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z But to do that was not the least the same as taking vows and going into a nunnery. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z But in 1130, the nunnery over which she had become prioress was broken up by the unfavorable decision of a suit for the land and buildings which it occupied. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Ruins everywhere meet the eye of the tourist in Aran—ruined abbeys, ruined monasteries, ruined nunneries, ruined cells, ruined churches, ruined schools, ruined forts, ruined forests, and ruined towers. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The institution of nunneries is the most atrocious insult upon human feelings, that ever disgraced the selfish and brutal policy of the Roman priesthood, and its consequences are the most shocking and criminal. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Great houses such as Barking, Shaftesbury and Wilton had a body of resident chaplains attached to the nunnery church and paid the stipends of priests ministering to appropriated parishes. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It was the nunnery that she was coming out of. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z This was Theodora, the younger sister of Zoe, an old woman of seventy, who had spent the best part of her days in a nunnery. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z “As soon as my worldly affairs can be arranged, I shall retire to the English nunnery at Brussels, where I shall vow myself to Heaven.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Indulgences, miracles, and the iniquities committed in nunneries, are scarcely glanced at. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z Poor and small nunneries, such as Rusper, paid the fee of one resident chaplain. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Hesitate for a moment, you young men and young ladies, who, under the influence of some momentary excitement, may be tempted to unite yourselves with the Romish church, or to go into their nunneries. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z These possessions consist of churches, monasteries, nunneries, mission houses, edifices for schools, colleges, hospitals, asylums, private dwellings, tracts of land, and every other species of property. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Anne Vaux, the Jesuit's devoted friend, retired with her sister, Mrs. Brooksby, to a nunnery in Flanders, where she ended her days. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z It is not long since I met with a Protestant friend of mine, and in the course of conversation, some allusion was made to the subject of nunneries. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z On the other hand many nunneries could by no means be charged with keeping up an excessive household. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z I commenced this second volume with the single view of defining more clearly, the iniquities practised in the Romish church, under cover of auricular confession, and within the walls of Popish nunneries. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z To this nunnery was attached a school superintended by the nuns of that order.... Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Correggio's celebrated series of pagan frescoes cover the walls of the "parlour" of the nunnery. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I will only call my reader's attention to the fact, that, in all Catholic countries, nunneries have foundling hospitals attached to them. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z Abbeys holding of the King in chief had to perform many services appertaining to tenants in chief, which seem oddly incongruous in the case of nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Its people are not the only people who contribute their time, their lands, their moneys, and who take almost from the necessaries of life, to support monk houses and nunneries, Jesuits and Dominicans. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z While a thunderbolt leaves a monastery or a nunnery in existence, lightning has no avenging power! Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Here were the nunnery and chapel of Saint Abb, the ruins of the former still to be seen on the top of precipitous cliffs that stand out into the sea. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The interior of the jail or nunnery is depicted in the most delightful colors. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z A further letter to the Bishop of London is interesting, because it mentions a third objection made by the recalcitrant nunnery. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The young lady of whom I have spoken in a previous page, was sent to school, as I have stated, to a Popish nunnery. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z In Europe every nunnery has attached to it a foundling asylum; in the United States, a grave-yard. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Ifor, however, not approving of the connection, sent his daughter to Anglesey and eventually caused her to take the veil in a nunnery of that island. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Irish Papists, threatened to sack the city of Boston, because the people deemed it necessary to pull down that synagogue of satan, the Charlestown nunnery. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The obligation to receive a nun on the nomination of the king or the bishop was not the only burden upon the finances of the nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z They keep their nunneries, or rather seraglios, in the very midst of them, surround them with ramparts, and not only deny to their civil magistrates the right of entrance, but defy them to do so. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Why do not grand juries, who visit other jails, penitentiaries, and asylums, inspect also the more secret and suspicious nunneries? Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z I would have thee to know, thou graceless old man, that I defy a nunnery: Name a nunnery once more, and I disown thee for my father. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z They looked upon nunneries as places of sin, instituted by priests, as a sort of substitute for the marriage of the clergy. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z Other nunneries in the royal patronage were under a similar obligation. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The following was their modus operandi: A lay sister in the nunnery of Emmetsburg or Georgetown, I forget which, was taken ill. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z From nunneries governed and visited by priests of such a character, what is the logical inference? Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z As for their wit, you may judge it by their breeding, which is commonly in a nunnery; where the want of mankind, while they are there, makes them value the blessing ever after. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Be sure you do not tax his real estate, his nunneries, or other property. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The nunneries of St Clement’s, York, and Moxby seem to have involved themselves—as a condition, perhaps, of some past benefaction—in a curious obligation to the friars of their districts. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It is not generally known to Americans, that the crime of procuring abortion,—a crime which our laws pronounce to be felony,—is a common every-day crime in Popish nunneries. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The informant, an inmate of the nunnery, pointed out the place where the murdered babes were buried; and subsequent excavation revealed the horrible fact, that half the tale of blood had not been told. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z They first explored the subterraneous passage, leading to the nunnery, and found fewer impediments in their way than they expected. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z In the 19th section, the Pope curses all who, without express license from him, impose taxes on priests, monasteries, nunneries, or churches. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The support of resident corrodians and the payment of pensions and liveries were, however, less onerous than the duty of providing hospitality for visitors, which the nunneries performed as one of their religious obligations. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It is not known to Americans,—but let it henceforward be known to them,—that strangling and putting to death infants, is common in nunneries throughout this country. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z When they had built nunneries, convents, and became the proprietors of extensive domains, they abrogated their vow of perpetual poverty, lest it should invalidate their title to vast possessions which they held. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Roseline had formed an early friendship with a young lady educated in the Bungay nunnery, of which her aunt, fortunately for the young people, was the superior. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z Now, though Maisie was an idle girl, she had no wish to be shut up in a nunnery; so she tried not to think of the sunshine outside, but sat down soberly with her distaff. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z But the merrymakers in nunneries were not necessarily strange jongleurs or secular folk. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z But it will be said, there are no lying-in hospitals attached to nunneries in this country. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z There was then in the neighborhood only twenty miles from this family, a nunnery of the order of Jesuits. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Madeline was now making a rapid progress in her recovery, and was every hour in fear of receiving a summons from the abbess to return to the nunnery. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z This conduct being reported to the King, the nunnery was The nunnery. dissolved, and its possessions granted to the Earl. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z These Childermas festivities took place in monastic as well as in secular churches, but they seem to have been more common in nunneries than in male communities. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Many a man asks this question, who accompanies it with saying, the nunnery to which my daughter goes to school is not a Jesuit nunnery. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z She has no convents, nor nunneries; nor monastic vows; no father confessors; no religious confessional; no religious orders, no military knights; and no spiritual guides. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z This matter settled, they retired for the rest of the night, to forget, in the arms of sleep, not only the castle and the nunnery, but the whole world. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z By introducing in 1880 high schools for girls with boarding establishments an end was put to the education of girls of the upper ranks in nunneries, which had hitherto been the almost exclusive practice. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z This was the division of a nunnery into familiae, or households, which messed together, each familia taking its meals separately from the rest. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z No American citizen can go many miles from his home, without finding himself in the vicinity of one of those Popish dens called monk-houses, or nunneries. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z What infamous means have Catholic priests adopted to fill their nunneries? Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z A walk was proposed to take a view of the town, nunnery, and environs of the cattle. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z A nunnery for thee, who art destined for the bride of Edward? A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The whole monastic ideal is, however, bound up with the vow of chastity and, had only women with a vocation entered nunneries, the danger of the situation would have been small. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The nunnery to which she was sent, as I have heretofore stated, had attached to it a fashionable school; all nunneries have such. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z It runs thus: 'Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Lady de Morney and Roseline accompanied her to the nunnery, and delivered her up to the maternal care of the abbess, and the protection of father Anselm. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z “Thou to the nunnery?” cried the dame, indignantly. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Again the nunneries of the middle ages were subjected to temptations which rarely occur in our own time. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z To this nunnery was attached a school superintended by nuns of that order. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Ha!" said Zagloba, "they look on me here as a mushroom, not a man, for the abbess invites me to live in the nunnery. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z She was eager too, but scarcely durst acknowledge to herself she wished the passage might be found which led to the chapel in her nunnery. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z The nunneries, in point of usurping place and selecting the most frequented quarters of the town, yielded nothing to the male convents. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Too often the poverty of the nunneries was of the last type. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Pools, "dolts, double dolts," as the Jesuit Rodin calls all who contribute to the support of Popish nunneries, are you not ashamed of yourselves? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z As there was no nunnery in England, she had resolved to lead the life of a nun as nearly as possible under the circumstances. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z As soon as breakfast was over, they were accompanied to the chapel of the nunnery by a numerous train of friends and dependents. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z There are two or three other prominent edifices, quaint and Moorish, which were once nunneries or monasteries; also a foundling institution, a special necessity in all Roman Catholic countries. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z With these preliminary warnings, an attempt may be made to estimate the moral state of the English nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Many of you have visited Paris, and do you not there see, at the present day, a lying-in hospital attached to every nunnery in the city? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Mary wondered why a great lady should not rather choose to stay at the nunnery, where the Lady Abbess had all things seemly and well-planned. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z A message arrived from father Anselm to say he was ready, and waiting their pleasure in the chapel of the nunnery. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z There is here the usual multiplicity of churches, convents, and nunneries, such as are to be found in all Spanish cities, though the latter establishments have been partially suppressed. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z This list of apostates is, as has been said, necessarily incomplete and gives no details as to the state of the nunneries absolved. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Such are those committed in Jesuit nunneries, and by those very Jesuit nuns who appear so happy, and so chaste, not only in the nunnery in————, but in every nunnery throughout the world. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Meanwhile the Flemings had settled in the little road that ran past the nunnery at King’s Barton and was called Minchen Lane. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The song, the dance, the lute, drove from her remembrance the gloomy nunnery in which she was condemned to waste and linger out her future life. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z Girls were often destined from birth to the nunnery, and the veil was the never-failing remedy against a marriage distasteful to the parents or even the brothers, grand-parents, or uncles of the victim. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z These great ladies do not seem to have had a very good influence in their nunneries, in spite of the exalted position of their brothers. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Before the Norman Conquest nearly all the nunneries founded in England were abbacies, subsequently priories were the most usual foundations, as according to feudal law women were unable to hold property. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z Ah, no! if ever I do go to heaven, I'll have a smart lad in my company.—Send you to a nunnery! The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z Madeline had escaped from the nunnery, and Edwin had left the castle. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z Then Hamlet and Ophelia have the scene “To a nunnery go!” Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The medieval nunneries never sank to the moral degradation of a more refined and artificial age. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Above Fifty-ninth Street one goes into the sacred precincts of monasteries and nunneries. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z I quit this castle as soon as ever Donna Victoria enters a nunnery—Shall I go with her? The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z They felt a kind of trembling horror at the denunciations of a parent against a daughter, whose interesting features, sweetness of disposition, and gentleness of temper, had endeared her to every one in the nunnery. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z The point that needs to be emphasised is that the question of a nunnery school, as Mr. Coulton indicates, was at bottom a financial one. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z But the geographical range of the surviving reports is sufficiently great to enable the formation of an accurate general account of English nunneries during the later middle ages. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Nay, dear madam, do not submit to go into the nunnery. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z There are nine monasteries and nunneries here, many of them founded by St. Elizabeth. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z In Belle Prairie, four miles distant, there is also a Catholic church, school and a nunnery. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z If the community concerned were other than a nunnery ostensibly following a strict rule, we should hardly consider the faults to be faults at all. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z These brethren spread so luxuriantly, however, that in the reign of Henry VIII. there were thirty-six greater, and thirty-nine lesser monasteries, and twenty-six nunneries, of their rule. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z I was smiling at the mere thought of the brilliant Ellen in a nunnery. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z At Eisenach we have a Foundling Hospital, attached to one of the nunneries founded by St. Elizabeth, for such forsaken little ones. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Sir Launcelot answered never a word But rode to the west countree Until through the forest he saw a light That shone from a nunnery. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Katherine then tells him that she remained only twelve days in the nunnery, and after six changed her mind and besought her father and mother to take her away, which they eventually did. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The Mother herself then showed Gwynneth over the establishment, which was indeed a singular amalgam of the hospital and the nunnery. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Her quiet decision awed me, and forced back all the protestations I had formulated against her vow of nunnery. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z There are many monasteries and nunneries there, and in one of them two of the countesses were nuns. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z I needed no nunnery to help me keep clean and pure, but you ran behind monastery walls to protect yourself from retribution at a wronged woman's hands. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z A number of such persons are enumerated as living en pension at the small nunnery of Swyn in Yorkshire. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z But first the Bishop of Troies gave me leave to establish there a nunnery, which I did, and committed the care of it to my dear Heloise. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z What if she pretended to go into a nunnery, and so bring him about to declare himself? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z She had two daughters who, overawed by the miracle, entered the nunnery at Beverley, where they won a reputation for holiness and good works. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Coelia herself remained under the strict charge of the Vestalis Maxima, whose office was in later days to be represented by that of the mother superior of a nunnery. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Littlemore Priory, near Oxford, in the early sixteenth century, was in such grave disorder that it may justly be described as one of the worst nunneries of which record has survived. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Before I put myself in a cloister, I obliged her to take the habit, and retire into the nunnery of Argenteuil. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z But I'm reconciled, methinks, to the mortification of a nunnery; because I fancy the habit becomes me. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Then we come to Hutton Lowcross, a pleasant hamlet, which suggests a thought of the days of old, for it once had an hospital and a Cistercian nunnery. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z There were also many nunneries, peopled generally by sisters from Europe, who educated the daughters of the wealthy, and gave primary instruction to the children of the people. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z It is possible to study in some detail the nunneries in the diocese of York during the first half of the fourteenth century, or roughly between the years 1280 and 1360. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The Countess had given up the nunnery; she ordered her six Polish steeds, and drove off to make her acknowledgments to the Emperor in person. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z It is probable that the two last-mentioned plays were intended for representation within the walls of a nunnery. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I know not myself! only that it is France, and in a nunnery. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z It is a respectable, ancient, aristocratic place, and moreover it contains a nunnery. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z But occasionally Rigaud’s diary contains even fuller information about the temporal affairs of a nunnery. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A person has not much excuse for living who can make no better use of life than passing it in a nunnery. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Let me tell you, Tom, that for people of small fortune, the nunneries were fine things! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z They are all women, and of every age; most of them wearing the garb of the nunnery, loose-flowing robes of sombre hue. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z He felt as may feel a generous beauty whose day is past, and who contemplates some blooming maid about to enter a nunnery. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z On the other hand if nunneries were most plentiful in the North and East Midlands it was there that they were smallest and poorest. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Essen was originally the seat of a Benedictine nunnery, and was formed into a town about the middle of the 10th century by the abbess Hedwig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z If it was, she was quite willing to go into a nunnery or something equivalent,—Chiswick, I believe it was, with a maiden aunt. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z It has added some further particulars to those they had already learnt, both about the English girl confined within the nunnery, and the priest who conveyed her thither. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Canons regulated the conduct of the clergy, the duties of bishops, the affairs of monasteries and nunneries, and all matters connected with the great organization of the Roman Church. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The wealthiest and most famous nunneries in England were all south of the Thames. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Elizabeth, the earl of Essex, George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, and Cromwell, is now a nunnery of the order of the Holy Sepulchre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Not only had Don Eusebio threatened to immure his daughter in a nunnery; but was actually on his way to carry the threat into execution, when stopped by the salteadores! The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z "But does your boatman really believe the priest has resuscitated his dead sweetheart, and brought her over here with the intention of shutting her up in a nunnery?" Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z “But does your boatman really believe the priest has resuscitated his dead sweetheart and brought her over here with the intention of of shutting her up in a nunnery?” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z The novice who entered a nunnery, to live there as a nun for the rest of her natural life, might do so for very various reasons. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Hamlet is dismissing Ophelia to a nunnery, and the word “Farewell” is added to impress her with the necessity of her going. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z "And you think this young girl, who, as I hear, has been brought up in a nunnery on the strictest conventual principles, will lend herself to be a go-between?" he asked. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Miss Mahon has not seen the new novice—only heard of her as being a great beauty; for personal charms make noise even in a nunnery. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z In these nunneries, things which are secrets to the world without, are known to every mother’s child of them—nuns and novices alike. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z A career, a vocation, a prison, a refuge; to its different inmates the medieval nunnery was all these things. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z “It is not a nunnery,” she retorted, with spirit. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z On the roadside, near the ancient nunnery, stands Maclean’s Cross, which has been described as “one of the oldest Celtic crosses in Scotland,” and even as “the oldest Christian monument” in that country. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z In these nunneries, things which are secrets to the world without, are known to every mother's child of them—nuns and novices alike. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z They are all women, and of every age; most of them wearing the garb of the nunnery, loose flowing robes of sombre hue. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z The nunnery as a career and as a vocation does not need separate treatment. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Similarly, the properties of other nunneries, large and small, were appropriated for the foundation of collegiate institutions at Oxford, all of which were for the benefit of men. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z To her the body was but a nunnery which enclosed for a time an eternal element. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Nor is it contradicted by the fact of his being a frequent visitor to the nunnery, and a favourite with the administration thereof; indeed, an intimate friend of the Abbess herself. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Miss Mahon has not seen the new novice; only heard of her as being a great beauty; for personal charms make noise even in a nunnery. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z It is possible to collect from various sources a remarkable series of legal documents which illustrate the practice of putting girls into nunneries, so as to secure their inheritance. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z You are judging a whole class by a few individuals who share your perverted ideas ... individuals who would be immoral in a nunnery.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Mawgan Church, which is close to the nunnery, is remarkably rich in brasses, many of which are now attached to the old screen through the shameful ignorance of a late rector. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Naturally she took every precaution to keep the matter secret; for had it been allowed to leak out, the good name of that nunnery would have been ruined. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Nor is it contradicted by the fact of his being a frequent visitor to the nunnery, and a favourite with the administration thereof; indeed an intimate friend of the Abbess herself. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z An analysis of these accounts shows, better than any other means of information, the various sources from which a medieval nunnery drew its income, and the chief classes of expenditure which it had to meet. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Ideas go into a nunnery, not a family. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z It used to be said that amid all the religious communities represented in Cornwall long ago, there was never a nunnery, but this is no longer the case. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The martial art was introduced to the nunnery two years ago and the nuns practise up to two hours a day. Kung fu nuns 2010-04-14T14:58:00Z It has added some further particulars to those they had already learnt, both about the English girl confined within the nunnery and the priest who conveyed her thither. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z A closer analysis of the chief sources of income of a medieval nunnery, as they may be distinguished in the Valor and in various account rolls, is now possible. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z I like to think they were sent to a nunnery, but in any case they disappeared. Margaret Atwood 2010-04-07T19:00:00Z Beyond the church and nunnery, in their peaceful setting of small-leaved Cornish elms, among the branches of which the rooks build above the little rippling stream, are the lovely woods of Carnanton. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The King's brother and successor, Ethelred, nevertheless, completed the ecclesiastical building, which some contend was a nunnery. Cathedral Cities of England Only that it is France, and in a nunnery. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Sometimes a nunnery possessed a famous relic, and the faithful who visited it showed their devotion by leaving a gift at the shrine. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z By ... all the saints and fiends and incubi That ever infested night and nunneries! Porzia The only consolation I have now left he threatens to deprive me of, and send her, young as she is, to a nunnery in France, and make her profess. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 With the spreading influence of Christianity travelling from the east to the west of England in the seventh century, a nunnery was erected here, in 676, by King Osric. Cathedral Cities of England It has several large churches, and formerly possessed five monasteries and three nunneries, which have been closed and their edifices devoted to educational and other public purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It is derived entirely from pre-Reformation sources, and the tainted evidence of Henry VIII’s commissioners has not been used; nor has the story of the suppression of the English nunneries been told. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It is no more a lunatic asylum, of course, than it is a nunnery. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Thus also must Manners be judged of, since there never was a society yet, not even a nunnery or a Moravian settlement, which did not include a variety of manners. How to Observe Morals and Manners After this a nunnery was founded, which in the tenth century became a Benedictine convent. Glories of Spain I should have become a Catholic just to go into a nunnery. Barbarossa and Other Tales Every well organised nunnery therefore divided up its revenues, allocating so much to the church, so much to clothing, so much to food, etc. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z No mention of the monastery occurs after the Conquest, but the nunnery of Shaftesbury retained the lordship of the manor until the dissolution in the reign of Henry VIII. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" We must open the door of the nunnery, and lead Sister Jane into the world of deeds, of fight and lose, heartache and some rare joys. Cinderella Jane It was as if one of the Lady Superior's "Holiest Innocents" had flown over the nunnery wall and settled down to listen to Rollo's tale in that wild gorge among the mountains of Guadarrama. The Firebrand I couldn't stay longer, for I promised the Cardinal Caraffa to be in Rome on the 18th, about those Polish nunneries. The Fortunes Of Glencore The system produced its saints as well as its sinners; we have only to remember the German nunnery of Helfta to be sure of that. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In 1001 �thelred gave this monastery and the town of Bradford to the nunnery of Shaftesbury, in order that the nuns might have a safe refuge against the insults of the Danes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" You would no more tie yourself up with one man than enter a nunnery.” The Missioner Mortimer meditated somewhat sulkily upon his lost onions, rustling pleasantly back there in the cool patio of the nunnery. The Firebrand "I think the nunnery is the best resource," said the doctor, recalling the sick man from a theme where his emotions were already too powerfully excited. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) What a haggling over the price, which varies from nunnery to nunnery, but always allows the merchant to sell at a good profit in the markets of Flanders and Italy. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z On the eastern side, at a creditable distance from the fort, we could see the Kongbu nunnery, which looked from where we stood like an old Roman viaduct. The Unveiling of Lhasa The object of all parties was now to persuade Catherine to enter a nunnery and thus relieve them of further embarrassment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" She is at the nunnery of the Sisters of Mercy outside the village. The Firebrand You have often asked me—indeed bidden me to enter a nunnery. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion It is interesting to note that nunneries are not infrequently found giving alms in money or kind to the mendicant friars. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z There were no Carmelite nunneries in England, and indeed until the middle of the 15th century there were no nuns at all anywhere in the order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Educated in Catholic ideals, she would have fled to a nunnery, there coldly to languish until the fires of divine adorations should burst from the ashes of earthly love. Carnival But a nunnery is a hard nut to crack. The Firebrand Since the 11th century there have been Camaldolese nuns; at present there are five nunneries with 150 nuns, all belonging to the cenobitical branch of the order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" It was seldom that a year passed without several visits from the plumbers, the slaters and the thatchers, to the precincts of a nunnery; and once arrived they were not easy to dislodge. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z But now Martin had frowned, and the lines had showed in his forehead, and she could have found it in her heart to imprison Cook in a nunnery for life. Lady Cassandra They became unhappy in their solitude without love, especially such as had been forced into the nunnery against their will and inclination. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The French Church put out its strength; there were churches and priests in every parish; there were monasteries and nunneries for the religious orders. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Architecturally Jesus is one of the most interesting colleges in Cambridge, for Alcock retained, and there still remains, a considerable part of the old buildings of the nunnery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" If perchance the nunnery buildings themselves stood firm, then the houses of the tenants would be falling about their ears; and once more the distracted treasuress must summon workmen. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Very frequently a farm was attached to the nunnery, or there were several farms whose produce was to be used for the support of the institution. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) One hundred forty monasteries and nunneries were closed by him in Hungary. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 It has two Evangelical churches, of which the Nikolai-kirche, dating in its present form from 1485, is a handsome edifice; a medieval town hall, a former Benedictine nunnery and a monument to Luther. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" It was one of the largest and best endowed nunneries in England, except Syon in Middlesex, its revenues at the suppression being estimated at between eleven and fourteen hundred pounds per annum. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West Another sign of the financial distress of the nunneries was the ruinous condition of their buildings. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Whatever it may have become during the period of the decline of monastic purity, the life in the nunneries, even in the comparatively dark period about the year 1000, was not an idle one. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Close by, on an eminence above the river, lies the castle of Oranienstein, formerly a Benedictine nunnery and now a cadet school, with beautiful gardens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Other noteworthy buildings are the nunnery, ecclesiastical seminary and episcopal palace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Cathedral and chapel, monastery and nunnery, religious houses of every description, even hospitals, were delivered up to the tender mercies of the Reformers. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 A need for restricting the number of nuns still continued, because the decline in the revenues of the nunneries was swifter than the decline in the number of the nuns. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Then Charles married Marie de Luxembourg, and his unhappy divorced wife was compelled to retire to a nunnery. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) St. James’s, sometime a nunnery, was builded also by the same prince. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison This also is evidence regarding the interior politics of the nunneries of that time. Women of Early Christianity The Platz, the old gardens of the nunnery, the terrace of the castle, all were spread out before me; and to my utter surprise there seemed little or no movement going forward. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune In cases where a nunnery was in some sort of dependence upon an abbey or priory of monks, it is usual to find a religious of that house acting as custos of the nuns. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z H�lo�se was not yet twenty; did her youthful heart, full of love of life, yearn for the cramped life of the nunnery? Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) There were in 1907 3500 Greek churches in the island with 53 monasteries and 3 nunneries; 55 mosques, 4 Roman Catholic churches and 4 synagogues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The former fanatical enthusiasm for celibacy had greatly subsided; bishops and priests not infrequently were married, and even the nunneries gave occasion for lively stories which became traditional. Women of Early Christianity What inspection of nunneries is chiefly needed for, is the recovery of personal liberty in uncertain cases. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Indeed sometimes the same man would be master of more than one nunnery; as in the case of the monk of Whitby mentioned above. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It was almost conventual in strictness; and even to the uniform dress worn by the pupils there was much that recalled the nunnery. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day There was an old Scotchman that lived there long after the others were gone, and when the niece went back to the nunnery in France he staid there still alone by himself. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Friday-market square.—The nunnery.—Longfellow's pilgrims to "the belfry of Bruges." An American Girl Abroad With regard to the milk, there is not perhaps a town, a convent, or nunnery, where it is not shown in large or small quantities. A Treatise on Relics The appointment of custodes to manage the finances of nunneries was a favourite policy with Archbishop Peckham, doubtless because it facilitated the enforcement of strict enclosure upon the nuns. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The house, indeed, might be converted into a "Union," if its locality suited; it was strong enough for a jail, it was roomy enough for a nunnery. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day It has a magnificent cathedral, a convent, and a nunnery, in which the people seem to have spent all their money, the rest of the city being mostly in ruins. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Friday-market square.—The nunnery.—Longfellow's pilgrims to "the belfry of Bruges." An American Girl Abroad The same thing took place amongst the recluses of the convents, but particularly nunneries. A Treatise on Relics More specific evidence must be sought in bishops’ registers, and in such references to the state of learning in nunneries as occur in the works of contemporary writers. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Whether she heard of his return tradition does not say; but the rumour of such constancy was perhaps wafted through the nunnery walls. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine By good fortune, at the end of that time, she was found by Palamides, who saved her from death, and took her to a nunnery that she might recover from her pain and exhaustion. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur Then Hildegund laid aside her gay attire and happy heart, with her hopes, and leaving her father's castle, came down to bury her young life in the nunnery upon the island at its foot. An American Girl Abroad Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, If from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The best evidence of all for the state of learning in nunneries during the first half of the fifteenth century is to be found in the invaluable records of Alnwick’s visitations of the Lincoln diocese. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z When he came, she begged him to build a nunnery, and to allow her to retire from the world, as she would fain give herself to the service of God. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens There are further remains of the Castle and Episcopal palace, a fortified building of the 14th century, and of a nunnery of the 12th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Hamlet’s heart was full of such misery as mine is, when he said to Ophelia, ‘Go to a nunnery, go, go!’ Life of John Keats After all the troubles of the 19th century there still exist 100 Cistercian nunneries with 3000 nuns, choir and lay; of these, 15 nunneries with 900 nuns are Trappist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The mention of boys in these references needs perhaps some further emphasis, for it is not usually recognised that the nunneries occasionally acted as dame-schools for very young boys. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z But before considering her work, let us glance at her own life, and the life of contemporary Saxon nunneries. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Even at that date the revolutionists of Cadiz had some respect left for the nunneries. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The weak, parched brain of a sick girl suffering from the fatigues of travel, was all the more easily impressed by the dismal air of a nunnery of the dead. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The women, he said, were the active, bustling portion of the habitants, thanks to the admirable and yet inexpensive training to be had in the nunneries. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Such is the evidence for concluding that the custom of receiving children for education in nunneries was widespread. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Whilst condemning the priesthood, Mechthild eulogises nunnery life in an allegory entitled “The Ghostly Cloister,” in which she pictures the virtues as dwelling. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Viewing the increase of monasteries and ecclesiastical establishments as an evil, he abolished all temples, closed the monasteries and nunneries, and sent the inmates back to their families. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" His revelations must undoubtedly have thrown light on the curious history of the nunneries. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Similar ordinances were passed in relation to the other nunneries in the territory of Zurich. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli In the first place, not all nunneries received children. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z There was a Benedictine nunnery here in the 13th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In some of these isles stand fair abbeys and nunneries wonderfully pleasant. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing This nunnery drew its livelihood from two sources. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Very little of the ancient edifice remains at present, I shall therefore insert a very brief account of the nunnery, as given by Sir William Burrell, in his interesting MSS. preserved in the British Museum. The History and Antiquities of Horsham Some light is thrown upon these camerae by the inventories of medieval nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z For the sake of appearances, she retired for a few months into a nunnery. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Suicide, gambling, a nunnery, a volume of memoirs, or politics—the last, I am afraid.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The prioress, a lady of good birth and high connections, burned to exalt her nunnery, to enlarge it, make it wealthier and wider known. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages But neither these establishments, nor the numerous nunneries, were able to receive all that applied for succor. Woman under socialism There is an obvious distinction here between the lump sums left to the common funds of the twelve nunneries grouped together and the gifts to individuals which follow. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z He advocated the abolition of image-worship, and, in addition, the abolition of enforced celibacy, nunneries, and the celebration of the mass. History of Human Society The girl was brightening up, even becoming merry; a state of mind that never leads to a nunnery. The Pines of Lory The Austrian-Lloyd office is on the ground floor of a tower of the Venetian period, now a nunnery. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Before she was eighteen years of age, in 1671, she entered a nunnery. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The instructions given to the commissioners were the last of a long series of injunctions, in which it was attempted to reform the nunneries by shutting them off from the world. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It was indebted for its celebrity, and, probably also, for its existence, to a nunnery, founded here by St. Clotilda, which, in the seventh century, the time of the venerable Bede, enjoyed the highest reputation. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Such is the teaching to-day in Lhassa, in Rome; so it was in Yucatan, where, too, there were nunneries filled with spouses of God. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion It has a trefoiled ogee-window and a great balcony above it, with trellises behind which the nuns can take the air without being seen, recalling those of Sicilian nunneries. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia They were each of them the seat of a monastery or nunnery, till Napoleon came, who overthrew these saintly receptacles, converting them into forts, mills, public gardens, &c. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 Sometimes the visitation detecta or comperta or injunctions give specific details as to the visitors who were most assiduous in haunting a nunnery. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Hence originated the strange anomaly of a fortress and nunnery within the same precincts. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy There is a nunnery, of which my cousin Ursula is the Lady Abbess, where she shall for the present find an asylum. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. At this time the Castel S. Lorenzo was built, displacing an oratory built on the site of a nunnery established before the eleventh century. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Those monasteries and nunneries of learning crown the hilltops from Boston to Washington and "watch the star of intellectual empire westward take its way." The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V The perennial wars with Scotland also found their echo in the nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The king's remains were then translated to Shaftesbury, miracles were wrought, and the queen, finding affairs becoming serious, founded two nunneries in expiation of the murder, to one of which she retired. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel “Good sir, adieu!” she had said in the nunnery scene and the eternal parting had shortly followed. The Strollers Now merrily ring the lady-bells Of the nunnery by the Fosse:— Say the hinds, "Their silver music swells Like the blessed angels' syllables, At his birth who bore the cross!" The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme The death of the dowager occurred their first winter in Paris, after Geneva, and the Marquise had not yet shown a predilection for nunneries. The Bondwoman It was part of the chivalrous convention to show a special respect to nunneries, in their double character of religious and aristocratic institutions. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The story has been the favorite theme of the poets, and we are told that her body was buried in the nunnery, and wax lights placed around the tomb and kept continually burning. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel My creole inamorata has been already immured five long weeks in the nunnery, expiating there her 'sin' of secret love-making. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba They cannot go to the monasteries, these are for boys alone, and the nunneries are very scarce. The Soul of a People The church was once connected with an ancient nunnery which covered the whole square outside. John and Betty's History Visit Yet the most striking account of a nunnery in the twelfth century, when this convention was at its height, has for subject a brutal sacrilege committed by a great baron upon a church of nuns. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z On the march we passed a nunnery, where we halted for about a quarter of an hour. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns If the salt of the earth––but not to the nunnery nor to the monkery, we go. The Book of Khalid For twenty monasteries there is not one nunnery. The Soul of a People You see, the nunnery was on this side, or, at any rate, the part where the nuns slept. John and Betty's History Visit But isolated cases of immorality and apostasy come from nunneries so widely distributed in different dioceses, that one must conclude that most of them had at one time or another a sinner in their midst. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "Half my plan is now accomplished to hand," said I; "we must now get my Cousin Clara out of the nunnery." Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 I remember hearing of it when a child," I replied, "and father in his last letter says that I have a cousin now in the nunnery at Matanzas. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Girls do not enter nunneries, but they, too, have a great feast in their honour. The Soul of a People This was too much for the unfortunate girl, who decided to retire to a nunnery, leaving her entire fortune to found the church of ‘St. Mary Overy.’ John and Betty's History Visit Sometimes a careful Bishop issues a special injunction against a particular visitor, sometimes he enumerates painfully a list of chaplains and others whose access to the precincts of a nunnery is forbidden. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z At six a closed carriage takes me to a distant nunnery of the Ursulines, a good hour's travel. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess For though the Dominican painting was then nearly a century old, it was a copy of a still older original in the Klein-Basel nunnery of Klingenthal, a community under Dominican direction. Holbein If there were more nunneries, there would be more education among the women; here is cause and effect. The Soul of a People Bernardo Tasso having lost all hopes of ever returning to that capital, advised his wife to retire with his daughter into a nunnery, and to send Torquato to Rome. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History To pass a final judgment on the moral state of English nunneries, as revealed by the bishops’ registers during the later middle ages, is, as has already been suggested, a difficult task. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The same year that Hothilred gave his land to Barking, the great legendary benefactor of that nunnery died. Memorials of Old London Volume I I will say no more about the nunnery. Practical Education, Volume II In the previous century it had thrown whole nunneries near Bordeaux into wild confusion. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 9. September, 1880 What is left of it helps to enclose a peaceful nunnery. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome We have no means of guessing what the later history of the nunneries might have been. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z St. Martin's Church has a set of curious gargoyles, while portions of a nunnery, dedicated to St. Clare, are said to have been built into the walls of one of the houses. The Cornish Riviera And, in the nunneries, those of the other sex learned to work and read English, with some advances into Latin," &c.—" Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Side by side with this nunnery, where the precocious child passed one of the happiest epochs of her life, stood the prison which was to immure her in later years. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The influence of those intense emotions which were excited in the bosom of Jane by the scenes which she witnessed in her childhood in the nunnery were never effaced from her imaginative mind. Madame Roland, Makers of History The fact is, however, clearly established that all nunneries did not take children; possibly about two-thirds of them did. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z When I recovered, I was sent to this nunnery and the convent gates, clanging behind me, seemed to be those of a prison. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose It is not very improbable that this treatment of Godstow nunnery formed a specimen of many similar visitations. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The methods adopted in the nunneries of the West were those which had already been perfected in the harems of the East. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery She recalled to mind the emotions of superstitious awe and adoration with which, in the nunnery, she had regarded his holiness as next to the Deity, and almost his equal. Madame Roland, Makers of History It must be remembered that many nunneries were themselves very small and their inmates could not have looked after a large number of children. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Though it is a nunnery, and has its body of completely isolated, self-immolated nuns, still there is not the dead and forgotten aspect about it which so characterized the old monastery we had just left. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Can the enlightened reader want further proof of the existence of the Bibliomania in the nunnery of Godstow? Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Still, one would have thought that the pictures of the Quedlinburg book would have saved it, even in a German nunnery. The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. Monasteries and nunneries sprang up on all sides. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII As has already been pointed out, it is difficult to get any specific information as to the life led by the schoolchildren in nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z This is the self spring whence cometh all the monasteries and nunneries, and anchorites’ cells in all the world. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Mrs. Stanton asks, "Would you send a young girl into a nunnery, when she has made a mistake?" History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Soon after, the foundation was laid for a large nunnery, into which the ladies removed in 1730, and occupied it until 1824. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Oh, Frank, I hope you don't approve of nunneries, and that sort of thing. The Perpetual Curate Sober records bear out Langland’s contention that Wrath was at home in nunneries. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In the Minories a group of new houses marks the site of the nunnery which stood here. The History of London Does Mrs. Stanton not know that nunneries belong to a past age, that people who had nothing to do might go there and try to expiate their own sins? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I I shall have more liberty in the anchorhold than in the nunnery.” One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Maybe it is as well some of them should get into nunneries.” In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers It was more difficult to restore peace when a whole nunnery was seething with dispute and heart-burnings. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Of the nunneries some were Benedictine, some Franciscan: that of the Minorites belonged to the latter Order: that of St. Helen's, to the former. The History of London And, truly, I grant you, I’m as likely to join the play actors as to enter a nunnery, the one as the other and the other as the one. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 And when the A.P.M. and his satellites passed by, the quiet of The Whip in Hand was the holy peace of a nunnery. The Rough Road Has not this disposition founded churches, monasteries and nunneries? A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. In the course of time a series of regulations was devised to govern the entrance of seculars into the nunneries, hardly less detailed than those which governed the visits of nuns to the world. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Get thee to a nunnery: Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? Hamlet Under Philip III., there were in Spain nine hundred and eighty-eight nunneries, and thirty-two thousand mendicant friars. Principles Of Political Economy |
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