Immodest Acts: Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy - Couverture rigide

Brown, Judith C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195036751 ISBN 13 : 9780195036756

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1985

Synopsis

Using archive documents, this book tells the story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, an Abbess who was imprisoned for thirty-five years after being found guilty of a lesbian relationship with another nun.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history. Born of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at the age of nine. At twenty-three, she began to have visions of both a religious and erotic nature. Benedetta was elected abbess due largely to these visions, but later aroused suspicions by claiming to have had supernatural contacts with Christ. During the course of an investigation, church authorities not only found that she had faked her visions and stigmata, but uncovered evidence of a lesbian affair with another nun, Bartolomeo. The story of the relationship between the two nuns and of Benedetta's fall from an abbess to an outcast is revealed in surprisingly candid archival documents and retold here with a fine sense of drama.

Revue de presse

Judith Brown has written a first-class book which will fascinate anyone. (Financial Times)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195036751
• ISBN 13: 9780195036756
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 222
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie