conventual life in colonial Mexico Lavrín, Asunción. creator UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online) text bibliography Church history. History. Electronic books. cau Stanford, Calif Stanford University Press 2008 monographic eng

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access 1 online resource (ix, 496 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. This book invites the modern reader to follow the histories of colonial Mexican nuns inside the cloisters where they pursued a religious vocation or sought shelter from the world. It provides a complete overview of conventual life, including the early signs of vocation, the decision to enter a convent, profession, spiritual guidelines and devotional practices, governance, ceremonials, relations with male authorities and confessors, living arrangements, servants, sickness, and death rituals. The path to the convent -- The novice becomes a nun -- The spiritual meanings of religious life -- Government, hierarchies, and ceremonials -- Daily life in the convent -- Body, soul, and death -- Sexuality : a challenge to chastity -- Indian brides of Christ -- The struggle over vida común -- Writing in the cloisters. Asunción Lavrin. Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-484) and index. n-mx--- Monastic and religious life of women Mexico History Mexico Church history Monastic and religious life of women Mexico RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations BX4220.M4 L38 2008 271/.90072 (DLC) 2007012402 0804787514 9780804787512 http://stanford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.11126/stanford/9780804752831.001.0001/upso-9780804752831 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1055338 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012402.html http://stanford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.11126/stanford/9780804752831.001.0001/upso-9780804752831 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1055338 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012402.html NhCcYBP 131218 20200709060404.0 ocn872394405 eng