Convents
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Convents -- England
- Convents -- Italy
- Convents -- Juvenile fiction
- Convents -- Mexico
- Convents -- Québec (Province)
- Abbeys
- Cloisters (Religious communities)
- Convents and nunneries
- Nunneries
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My Life in the Convent: or, The Marvellous Personal Experiences of Margaret L. Shepherd (Sister Magdalene Adelaide), Consecrated Penitent of the Arno's Court Convent, Bristol, England (11th edition, c1892), by Margaret L. Shepherd (multiple formats at archive.org)- Woman Under Monasticism: Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life Between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1896), by Lina Eckenstein (HTML at Wisconsin)
- Saint Theresa: The History of Her Foundations (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1909), by Saint Teresa of Avila, trans. by Agnes Mason, contrib. by Ernest Mason Satow
- Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275 to 1535 (Cambridge, UK: At the University press, 1922), by Eileen Power
- The Escaped Nun: The Story of Her Life (London et al.: Cassell and Company, 1911), by Margaret Mary Moult (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Arminian Nunnery (1641) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Chronicle of The Abbey of St. Edmund's, by Jocelin de Brakelond, trans. by Lionel Cecil Jane, contrib. by Francis Aidan Gasquet (HTML with commentary at csudh.edu)
- Cartario della Abazia di San Solutore di Torino; Appendice di Carte Varoe Relative a Chiese e Moasteri di Torino (in Italian and Latin; Pinerolo: Brignolo, 1908), by Francesco Cognasso
- Clara Maynard, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text)
- Escogidas Plantas: Nuns and Beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601 (c2002), by Jacqueline Zuzann Holler (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at gutenberg-e.org)
- Affidavit of Maria Monk's Mother (ca. 1835), by Isabella Mills (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Abbeys (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1926), by M. R. James, contrib. by A. Hamilton Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Histoire du Château, de la Ville et des Seigneurs et Barons de Montpezat et de l'Abbaye de Pérignac (in French; Auch: Impr. L. Cocharaux, 1898), by André de Bellecombe and G. Tholin
- Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain (with photographs; London: A. W. Bennett, 1862), by William Howitt and Mary Howitt, illust. by Francis Bedford, William Russell Sedgfield, G. W. Wilson, and Roger Fenton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain and Ireland (second series, with photographs; London: A. W. Bennett, 1864), by William Howitt, illust. by Stephen Thompson, William Russell Sedgfield, Thomas Ogle, and William Despard Hemphill
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Monasticism and religious orders for women- Women of the Cell and Cloister (London: Methuen and Co., c1913), by Ethel Rolt-Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645) (2 volumes; London: Burns and Oates, 1882-1885), by Mary Catharine Elizabeth Chambers, ed. by Henry James Coleridge
- Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal: Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never Before Published (New York: De Witt & Davenport, c1855), by Maria Monk
- Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal : Revised, With an Appendix Containing, Part I. Reception of the First Editions. Part II. Sequel of Her Narrative. Part III. Review of the Case : Also, a Supplement, Giving More Particulars of the Nunnery and Grounds (New York: M. Monk, 1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, Or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed, Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Engravings (Manchester, England: Milner and Company, ca.1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Affidavit of Maria Monk's Mother (ca. 1835), by Isabella Mills (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal : Revised, With an Appendix Containing, Part I. Reception of the First Editions. Part II. Sequel of Her Narrative. Part III. Review of the Case : Also, a Supplement, Giving More Particulars of the Nunnery and Grounds (New York: M. Monk, 1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, Or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed, Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Engravings (Manchester, England: Milner and Company, ca.1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Awful Exposure of the Atrocious Plot Formed by Certain Individuals Against the Clergy and Nuns of Lower Canada, Through the Intervention of Maria Monk (New York: Printed for Jones and Co. of Montreal, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Further Disclosures By Maria Monk, Concerning the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal Also, Her Visit to Nuns' Island, and Disclosures Concerning That Secret Retreat: Preceded By a Reply to the Priests' Book (New York: Pub. for M. Monk, 1837), by Maria Monk and John Jay Slocum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal: Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never Before Published (New York: De Witt & Davenport, c1855), by Maria Monk
- Maria Monk's Daughter: An Autobiography (New York: United States Pub. Co., 1875), by L. St. John Eckel Harper
- The True History of Maria Monk (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1895) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Awful Exposure of the Atrocious Plot Formed by Certain Individuals Against the Clergy and Nuns of Lower Canada, Through the Intervention of Maria Monk (New York: Printed for Jones and Co. of Montreal, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Woman Under Monasticism: Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life Between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1896), by Lina Eckenstein (HTML at Wisconsin)
- Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany (c2008), by Erika Lauren Lindgren (HTML and PDF files at gutenberg-e.org)
- Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275 to 1535 (Cambridge, UK: At the University press, 1922), by Eileen Power
- The Way of Perfection, by Saint Teresa of Avila, trans. by E. Allison Peers (multiple formats at CCEL)
- The White Sister, by F. Marion Crawford (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Escogidas Plantas: Nuns and Beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601 (c2002), by Jacqueline Zuzann Holler (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at gutenberg-e.org)
- The Beguines and Beghards in Medieval Culture, With Special Emphasis on the Belgian Scene (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1954), by Ernest William McDonnell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Hidden Life: Hagiographic Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts, by Edith Stein (HTML in Austria)
- Freaks of Fanaticism, and Other Strange Events (London: Methuen and Co., 1891), by S. Baring-Gould
- A Terrier of Fleet, Lincolnshire; An Eleventh-Century Inquisition of St. Augustine's, Canterbury (London: Pub. for the British academy by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920), ed. by N. Neilson and Adolphus Ballard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria: From the Original Manuscript in the Possession of the Right Hon. Earl Cowper, K.G. (2 volumes in Latin with English notes; London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1897), ed. by Stuart A. Moore
- The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2012), by Karen Louise Jolly (PDF at Ohio State)
- The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2012), by Karen Louise Jolly (PDF at Ohio State)
- Der Kirchliche Besitz im Arrondissement Aachen Gegen Ende des 18.Jahrhunderts und seine Schicksale in der Säkularisation durch die Französische Herrschaft: Ein Beitrag zur Kirchen- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte der Rheinlande (dissertation in German; Aachen: A. Jacobi et cie., 1906), by Paul Kaiser
- Urkundenbuch des Klosters Paulinzelle, 1068-1534 (Thüringische Geschichtsquellen v7, in German, originally published in 2 parts; Jena: G. Fischer, 1905), ed. by Ernst Anemüller
- The Methodist Church Property Case: Report of the Suit of Henry B. Bascom, and Others, vs. George Lane, and Others, Heard Before the Hon. Judges Nelson and Betts, in the Circuit Court, United States, for the Southern District of New-York, May 17-29, 1851 (New York: Lane and Scott, 1851), ed. by Richard Sutton, contrib. by H. B. Bascom and George Lane
- The Methodist Church Property Case: Report of the Suit of Henry B. Bascom, and Others, vs. George Lane, and Others, Heard Before the Hon. Judges Nelson and Betts, in the Circuit Court, United States, for the Southern District of New-York, May 17-29, 1851 (Richmond and Louisville: Pub. by J. Early for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1851), ed. by Richard Sutton, contrib. by H. B. Bascom and George Lane
- Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (new and enlarged edition; London: A. C Fifield, 1913), by Samuel Butler, contrib. by R. A. Streatfeild (Gutenberg text)
- Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (new and enlarged edition; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1913), by Samuel Butler, contrib. by R. A. Streatfeild
- Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self, by Marie Corelli
- An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians (Boston: Occult Pub. Co., 1890), by Franz Hartmann (page images at HathiTrust)
- Seikkailu Rosenkreuziläisten Luona (An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians in Finnish; Vyborg: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tietäjä, 1922), by Franz Hartmann, trans. by Kyllikki Ignatius (Gutenberg text)
- With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians (new and revised edition; London: W. Rider and Sons, ca. 1910), by Franz Hartmann (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians (second edition, revised; New York: Theosophical Pub. Co., 1910), by Franz Hartmann
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