Nuns behaving badly
Subtitle: tales of music, magic, art, and arson in the convents of Italy
By: Craig A. Monson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780226534619
Subjects: Convents; Music in convents; Conduct of life; Social conditions; Women; Nuns; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dangerous enchantments: what the inquisitor found, San Lorenzo (Bologna, 1584); title: Spinsters, silkworms, and a flight in Flagrante, San Niccolo di Strozzi (Reggio Calabria, 1673); title: Perilous patronage: generosity and jealousy, Santa Maria Nuova (Bologna, 1646-80); title: Slipping through the cracks: a convent's porous walls, Santa Maria degli Angeli (Pavia, 1651-75); title: Nights at the opera: the travels and travails of Christina Cavazza, Santa Cristina della Fondazza (Bologna, 1708-35).