Nun

The nuns where women of religion during the Middle Ages. Nuns lived in places called convents, where they would fulfill their daily duties. Many nuns lived in the convents, which included a church, praying rooms, and dormitories. They would wear black veils, stockings and shoes, almost identical except to what modern day nuns attire is, the formal name of this wear is a habit worn with a leather belt. Sometimes you would find nuns wearing more elaborate attire with colors and patters. They had different casual modest clothes for sleeping. Children would come to the convent, where the nuns studied, prayed, and lived, at a young age to start training. They took three vows; chastity, poverty, and obedience. They would not allow girls to come to the convent who didn't have the money and resources to help the convent in times of need and to expand. All girls therefore would come from wealthy noble families. The…

this close relationship. However, as Kim Gutschow points out various times, hard labor is very often performed by nuns because they lack the funding necessary to completely dedicate themselves to the monastics (84). It is noted that this is in stark contrast to monks who comparatively have ample resources. Since monks normally dictate a lot of what the nuns can and cannot do, the gap of wealth between nunneries and monasteries is only one of the factors affecting the Buddhist nuns’ activities,…

and always has interesting accounts and stories to tell. When deciding on who to interview, she seemed like a perfect candidate, a politically savvy elderly lady who has an particularly unique and interesting view on things. Originally I was going to base my interview around the Vietnam war era, so around the sixties. I was going to ask questions that were based around experiences of protesting the war, the medias portrayal of what was going on, and what her thoughts were about the issue. When I…

of power, nuns, women who were spiritual brides of Christ, started to set up their power in Latin America, as well. The nuns’ relationship with power is a turbulent one. The nuns of Cuzco were very involved with the economy and society of the colony and their interactions with people and the economy helped with their rise and fall from power. Despite the early lack of real power, the nuns of Cuzco did show some power over others as well as used that…

The life of a Medieval Nun was really hard. Becoming one was a commitment for life. The life of a Medieval nun appealed to many different kinds of women in the Middle Ages. During the middle ages, women were usually not well educated. Only some nuns were taught to read and write. There were a couple reasons that they wanted to become a Medieval Nun like, to devote their lives to serving God, to live a life in a secure retreat, and to obey the wishes of their families. All Medieval Nuns led…

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…

actors, costumes, lights, music, how well the actors verbalized their lines, what story was trying to be told, and what the deeper message was within this story. Lilies of the field is set on a farm in the Arizona dessert, a large board was painted to portray the scene. The board was on a rotation device that turned and changed the setting into the dining area where the nuns and Homer Smith sat for meals and conversation. Six chairs and a table, along with basic dishes, were the center piece…

Marie's strength best with, “ You never heard any wail out of her, any complaint. You would never know that this birth was hard enough for her to die”(Erdrich 101). Marie's strength began at a young age attending Catholic school. Marie then joined the convent, and according to the nuns, “they never thought they’d have a girl from this reservation as a saint they’d have to kneel to” (43). The desire for Marie was to prove the nuns wrong, and gain her outward appearance of strength by showing…

you do this for me” She took my hand at the last 5 words and touched each of my fingers and repeated “you do this for me.” Back then I did not realize the magnitude of meeting someone so great. Now that I am older it means a lot more to me. The next time my mom was there for “class” one of the nuns came running up to her. She asked my mom “Did you see it? Did you see it?” My mom did not know what she was talking about. The nun had said “she knew what happened to you.” (about losing the…

Convents were founded and led by nuns connected to many prominent families or their towns or of spanish descent. These were places where women could find haven from the chaos occurring around them due to inquisitions, and the overall process of colonization. Often women from prominent backgrounds that lost their husband turned to the religious life and joined a convent, bringing with them their possessions. Many of these convents where very large buildings that some would even resemble a small…