medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
One place to look for information about nuns who leave the cloister is
episcopal visitation records. I'm most familiar with English sources, and
there are several such instances, with varying punishments described, in the
visitation records published by the Lincoln Record Society edited by A.
Hamilton Thompson.
Best,
Nancy
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>Dear List Members,
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>A colleague teaching the Spanish (?) story of the
>miracle in which the BVM took the place of a nun who
>ran away (temporarily) with her lover asked me what
>would have happened to the nun if Our Lady had not
>intervened and taken the nun's place in the cloister,
>i.e. what happened to errant nuns. My first reaction
>was to say it depended on the century and the place.
>But the legend has spanned the centuries; nonetheless
>I thought someone on this list might be able to be
>much more precise and helpful than I.
>
>Thanks so much in advance,
>MG
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