Prof.Holloway also mentioned that claustration was stricter in "the later
period". I wonder if we could have more specifics on that conclusion. This
is an interesting thread to me, the extent of claustration, and I hope to
see some more comments from informed members.
On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Sarah Salih wrote:
> Julia Bolton Holloway mentions Alnwick's visitation records in the
> context of nuns' claustration: I have been reading these recently and would
> suggest that they take the view that claustration is essentially a symbolic matter.
> There is a lot of contact between nuns and the world, most of it apparently
> considered as legitimate.
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> Sarah Salih
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