English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century: Living Spirituality
Laurence Lux-Sterritt
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2017
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9781526124227
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9781526110022
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English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century: Living Spirituality
Laurence Lux-Sterritt
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The monastery of the Glorious Assumption of Our Lady opened in 1598; it was the first of the English convents in exile, founded specifically for English women who, until then, had no choice but to join existing communities on the Continent, although they often did not speak their language. The convent was placed under the authority of the archbishop of Mechelen; with the support of missionaries in England, who acted as recruiting agents, it was initially successful in attracting high numbers of postulants. The social status and good repute of its founding members played in its favour, especially since the house enjoyed the support of both Archduke Albert and Archduch*ess Isabella. However, the convent fell prey to a bitter dispute about governance and spiritual direction, especially over the degree of involvement of Jesuits in the spiritual life of the convent. That dispute divided the community and drastically affected the number of new entrants in the 1620s and 1630s. The community nevertheless managed to endure, but was forced to leave in the aftermath of the French Revolution, in 1794. The nuns returned to England, where they settled at Winchester until they transferred to St Mary’s Abbey at East Bergholt, Suffolk in 1857. During the Second World War, some of the nuns moved to Haslemere, then to St Scholastica’s Abbey, Teignmouth, before dying out altogether.
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