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Behind the Walls; Creativity, Visions and Horrors in Renaissance Italian Convents
By Sarah Dunant
In the 16th Century dowries were expensive and only the very rich could afford to marry off more than one daughter. Many of the surplus women became nuns, whether or not they had a religious inclination. As well as horror stories of enforced incarceration it also gave women a space to be fulfilled both creatively and religiously. In the convents they produced art, became scholars, writers, dramatists and musicians. Sarah Dunant gives us an insight into the women’s lives behind the walls.
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