| The Chronicle of Le Murate: Volume 12 Contributor(s): Niccolini, Sister Giustina (Author), Weddle, Saundra (Editor), Weddle, Saundra (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0772721084 ISBN-13: 9780772721082 Publisher: Iter Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Literary Collections | Women Authors - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 271.97 |
| LCCN: 2011431490 |
| Physical Information: 361 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Chronicle of Le Murate, completed by Sister Giustina Niccolini in 1598, is one of a small number of surviving documents that presents a nun's own interpretation and synthesis of historical events. It recounts the roughly two hundred-year history of Florence's largest convent, which attracted boarders, nuns and patrons from Italy's elite families. The manuscript provides a rare view of life behind the enclosure walls and of nuns interaction with the world outside. The messy vitality of this account is an important pendant to the more formal and predictable convent chronicles that dominate the genre. |
