Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London : Methuen · leaf 213
the delightful picture we get ofthe social life of the nuns of Kington in Old Jacquesrecollections, as recorded by John Aubrey, and thecharming portrait of the prioress who Was so charitable and so pitous . . .and al was conscience and tendre herte, in Chaucers tales, there is but little… … ELIZABETH HARVEY ABBESS OF ELSTOW THE NUNS 155 Of course, so far as the usual forms, manners, andcustoms of cloister life are concerned, what has beenalready said of the monastic method of life generally,applies to nuns, with certain necessary reservations, aswell as to monks and canons. It will be…
Monasteries · Monasticism and religious orders
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