Life and death in a Venetian convent : the chronicle and necrology of Corpus Domini, 1395-1436 / Bartolomea Riccoboni ; edited and translated by Daniel Bornstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riccoboni, Bartolomea, active 14th century-15th century.

Contributor:

Bornstein, Daniel Ethan, 1950-

Series:

Other voice in early modern Europe.

Other voice in early modern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corpus Domini (Convent : Venice, Italy)--History.

Corpus Domini (Convent : Venice, Italy).

Dominican Nuns of the Second Order of Perpetual Adoration--Necrology.

Dominican Nuns of the Second Order of Perpetual Adoration.

Religion.

Venice (Italy)--Church history.

Venice (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These works by Sister Bartolomea Riccoboni offer an intimate portrait of the women who inhabited the Venetian convent of Corpus Domini, where they shared a religious life bounded physically by the convent wall and organized temporally by the rhythms of work and worship. At the same time, they show how this cloistered community vibrated with news of the great ecclesiastical events of the day, such as the Great Western Schism and the Council of Constance. While the chronicle recounts the history of the nuns' collective life, the necrology provides highly individualized biographies of nearly fifty women who died in the convent between 1395 and 1436. We follow the fascinating stories that led these women, from adolescent girls to elderly widows, to join the convent; and we learn of their cultural backgrounds and intellectual accomplishments, their ascetic practices and mystical visions, their charity and devotion to each other and their fortitude in the face of illness and death. The personal and social meaning of religious devotion comes alive in these texts, the first of their kind to be translated into English.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

A SMALL WORLD: THE VENETIAN CONVENT OF CORPUS DOMINI

THE CHRONICLE OF CORPUS DOMINI

THE NECROLOGY OF CORPUS DOMINI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-109) and index.

ISBN:

9786611126018

9781281126016

1281126012

9780226717906

0226717909

OCLC:

437247663