Convent

Contarini recounts that when Catherine was first married to Henri, the couple could not have children. The French people thought that Catherine was infertile, and thus unfit to be queen. Catherine told her father-in-law that she would gladly move to a convent and let Henri remarry. Francis disagreed, and allegedly told Catherine that it was by God’s will that she was in France, and that she would stay there. Catherine likely knew that the public and court were growing to resent her for her lack…

When a tsunami raged through the lands of Chennai, Ahalya Ghai (17 years) and her sister Sita (15 years) are left homeless and abandoned. Their entire family perished in the tsunami and they are now orphaned. Their only hope is to get a ride to the convent in Thiruvallur where they had studied, which is many miles away. A driver is ready to take them but the moment they get a ride, their fate is sealed. They fall into the trap of human trafficking and sex trade. They are sold into a brothel in…

Gamba, a woman he met while he was traveling. From 6000 to 6006, he was bored two daughters, Virginia and Livia, and a son, Vincenzo. Being born illegitimately, the daughters were accepted by the convent of San Matteo in Arcetri. They took the names of Maria Celeste and Sister Arcangela, staying at the convent until their deaths. In 1619, Vincenzo was…

is actually quite accurate, including the death of her father when she was days old and her engagement at six years of age. The opening scene begins at the convent where Mary was being protected. England viewed Mary as a threat, so in order to keep her safe she was sent to a convent. The real story begins when Mary is forced to leave the convent because someone attempted to poison her, so it was no longer safe there. Mary was sent back to French court immediately…

Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World was written about Catalina de Erauso during the 16th century. Throughout the story she becomes a whole new person, in order to escape the confines of not only the nunnery, but the limits her gender puts on her. So, when she left the abbey to enter into the real world, since not many people knew her, she understood she could be whoever she wanted to be. However, she was also smart enough to realize that even if she runs away from…

accomplishments, posters, and photos with friends. I could never throw all of this away, on the other hand, I’ve missed my dad every now and then. At least three times a year, I would sit and cry on my bed hoping he would come and sweep up from the convent. Though, it never happened instead the Pulaski family came, swept me up and provided me with a lovely room and all of my needs and…

Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church is based on beliefs that traced back to Jesus Christ. Jesus is known to be part of everyone’s life. People attended church regularly. The church supports many poor and sick people through the monasteries and convents. There will always be a way for you to be cured if you are hurt if you chose to move to Constantinople. As a Christian, the people also believe that religious sacraments are part of life. The people pray to saints, chant the sacred…

The horrifying disease that has now past, killed fifty million people in Europe. We believe that is was caused by poisoned air, it was advised that everyone burn aromatic herbs and wood to clear the air there have been several remedies that have been discovered so we found a lot of people going to their local herbalists and that germs were passed when a victim coughed or air being inhaled. We feel it occurred because God was punishing us for our sins. We have had priests on the job making…

Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to Nikola and Dranafile Bojaxhiu on August 26th 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia and she was the youngest of three children (Spink, 1997). Her parents were originally from Albania, but settled in Yugoslavia, which at the time was formerly known as Macedonia and was an unstable land (Spink, 1997). When it came to her personal life, Mother Teresa was always secretive, and thus most of the information provided about her childhood and discussed below comes from…

The main problem that we find when defining the History of Women in the Middle Ages, is their absence in written sources, so it is not easy to trace their daily activities, their positions or thoughts but what little we know It is through the male writings. That is why we must be careful when having the image that the clergy, the only ones who knew how to write, give about the woman. In spite of this difficulty, today we know great figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc or Christine…