“Only a pen can ease my pain”: voices from renaissance convents
Duration: 59 mins 11 secs
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Dr Abigail Brundin (Magdalene 1991), University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, Pilkington Prize winner 2013
In C17th Italy, the number of girls and young women entering convents rose rapidly as dowries became increasingly expensive. Not all the girls went willingly and some left powerful written accounts of their experiences. |
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| Created: | 2013-06-10 17:04 |
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| Collection: | Hay Festival lectures |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge |
| Language: | eng (English) |