Convents

It is better than going to live with my uncle or a convent, since a single woman cannot live alone. My father arranged this marriage to secure the growing wealth of his banks. He is planning on opening another branch of his bank in Milan and could use the support of the Sforza’s. I know that my role after…

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez is a novel that highlights the struggle of being a woman while being under the regime of General Rafael Trujillo. In the novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, the protagonist, Minerva Mirabal, plays one of the most important roles by starting a revolution and believing that she could change the ideal image of a woman in the Dominican Republic. Minerva and her three sisters are demonstrated in a way that emphasizes the hardships of being a woman…

for aye austerity and single life” (I. i 85-90. 13). Egeus demanded that his daughter Hermia marry a man she does not love. He wanted Theseus to punish Hermia if she didn’t comply with the demands. She had to marry Demetrius or be sent off to the convent. “Why should not I then prosecute my right? Demetrius, I’ll avouch it to his head, made love to Nedar’s daughter, Helena, and won her soul; and she, sweet lady dotes, devoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry, upon this spotted and inconsistent man.…

textiles magnate and his Irish-born wife, Maurie Carrington. Leonora was a debutante who spent most her childhood on her family estate in Lancashire, England. Although Carrington was a debutante, she was a rebellious child being expelled from two convent schools for bad behavior even though she was educated by governesses, tutors, and nuns. Warrington was drawn to artistic expression over anything so when she continued rebel, her parents sent her to study art in Italy. Inspired by the Italian…

La Princesse de Clèves begins at the royal court of Henry II of France where Madame de Chartres has brought her sheltered, sixteen year old daughter who is looking for a husband with financial and social power. Madame de Chartres plans to find her daughter a wealthy nobleman at the very least but hopes her daughter can manage to attract the attention of a royal prince. All was going according to plan, and Mademoiselle de Chartres had captured the interest of a few suitors, until old jealousies…

in-depth description of Puritan life, and the Winthrop notion of a “city on a hill.” It then proceeds to argue that the decline of Puritanism in the eighteenth century paves the way for a more democratic America which would carry in secular terms the convent. I think what Merelman is really pointing out here, are the analogous or similar nature of American religious and governmental institutions. These similarities are further emphasized the similar ways we celebrate hero’s, “Just as Puritans…

shown time and time again. An example, of how this is shown is based on the fact that women have far less freedom than men. A law that bluntly supports that women have far less freedom is law 110, “If a votary, a lady of god who is not living in the convent, has opened a wine shop or has entered a wine shop for drink, that woman shall be burned.” (“The ARTS 1000 Reader” 6) This law shows that the woman's freedom of will, is not only often taken away, but brutally, physically taken away.This…

Their life was dedicated to worship, reading, and working in the convent or nunnery. The life of nuns were filled with work and chores everyday like, washing and cooking for the monastery, raising the necessary supplies of vegetables and grain, producing wine, ale and honey, providing medical care for the community, providing…

Saint Catherine was born in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347 during the outbreak of the plague. She was the twenty-fifth child born to her mother, although almost half of her brothers and sisters died during their childhood. Bonaventura, Catherine’s sister, died at the age of sixteen, leaving her husband as a widower. Her parents thought that this would be a great opportunity for Catherine to marry, so they suggested that he marry her as a replacement. Catherine was appalled by this idea and ended…

St. Albert the Great, who was also known as Albert of Cologne,was a great thinker of his time. He was a great natural scientists, physicist, theologian, mathematician, chemist, geographer, and astronomer. St. Albert also was a teacher of St.Thomas Aquinas. St. Albert was born around 1200 AD. There is not much known about his childhood and birth, and many sources disagree on his early life. Research suggests he was sent to Padua University, while he was there he was taught in the writing of…