Holy Concord within Sacred Walls
Subtitle: Nuns and Music in Siena, 1575-1700
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 19, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780195132953
First sentence: The Sienese female monastic tradition is reputed to have begun in 1801, when Pepin, son of Charlemagne, ordered the construction of a convent to honor the Roman martyrs Abbondio and Abbondanzio.