Second nun

the significance of the second nun we must first look at the duties and life of a traditional medieval nun. Medieval nuns and priests  were expected to live a very devout and highly moral life. Medieval nuns and priests must be fully dedicated to god and christian faith. The daily life of a medieval nun was formulated around three main vows established by St Benedict in 480-550 AD, The vow of Poverty, The vow of Chastity and the Vow of obedience. As dictated by these vows nuns and priests must live

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CANTERBURY TALES: Chaucer’s “Second Nun’s Tale”. Leah Holle REL. 700a: Transitional Moments in Western Christianity 1 November 5th, 2014 Geoffrey Chaucer was a prominent figure within English Literature during the Middle Ages, and is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. Among Chaucer’s works, The Canterbury Tales is arguably one of his most famous pieces. In this fictional work, there is a collection of over 20 stories that are told by pilgrims

there is throughout the world… but, does anyone ever think about nuns? The Canterbury Tales is one that does not overlook nuns by any means. The Second Nun is one great example. Chaucer really gets into what she thinks is right and everything she believes in. The Second Nun (The Mystery Nun) told the story she did in the Canterbury Tales, because it is something she believes in and something that she was taught. The Second Nun starts her tale by describing the importance of work and the negativity

Medieval society was completely dominated by men, making a women’s life at the time difficult. Medieval law at the time stated that women could not marry without their parents consent, could not divorce their husbands, could not own property unless widows, could not inherit land if they had surviving brothers, and could own no business with special permission (Trueman, “Medieval Women”). When a woman married a man, he would get any property she owned and she would forfeit any rights she had to him

Lucille Clifton's “There is a girl inside”, teaches the reader to never let old age influence one's spirit and portrays this by using Clifton's own spirit as an example. Clifton first introduces her message by representing her childhood spirit as a girl inside of her own body. The narrator then shows the little girl's determination to not be changed by age. Clifton’s first few lines of the poem starts with a description of the girl that lives inside her. Clifton relates the girl inside of her to

love for one another?” (Jn 13:35)What is a committed religious life for being a Catholic sister or nun. Catholic sister and nuns have a different variation of lifestyle, ministries and callings. All community has its own peculiar identity and flavor, this is because there are no two association, as there is no two nuns that are the same. As we watch movies about nuns we sometimes predict sisters and nuns to be living a highly ordered life which is unchanging in structure which is repetitive in context

In the novel “A Golden Web” by Barbara Quick, the main character, Alessandra Gilani want’s nothing more than to practice medicine. Unfortunately, during the time period in which she is living, a woman practicing medicine is unheard of. For this reason, her father, the king, forbids her from going to Bologna to study medicine. She is sent to a secluded convent while her father and step-mother are busy arranging a marriage for Alessandra, she is sent to a convent to better her relationship with God

I share my difficulties and my happiest moments with him. He supports and comforts me through the hardest times in my life and rejoices in my victories. God is my all knowing father who guides me in everything I do, he watches out for me every second of the day. I call to him for support when I am sad or troubled and I also remember him when I am joyously surrounded by friends and family. I see God as the only all knowing, perfect, kind, and loving being there is. He symbolizes light, hope

England under his own rule and not the Pope’s, as well dismantling all of the catholic monasteries across England. Despite Catholicism being outlawed in England for over seventy years, Englishwomen still sought a monastic lifestyle; leading a sect of nuns called the Poor Clares to establish the first English monastic community in France. Between 1536 and 1541 King Henry VIII placed a set of administrative and legal processes that disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales

Arcangela Tarabotti, a Venetian nun and early modern Italian author, spent the vast majority of her life in an Italian convent writing various texts centered on issues of forced enclosure and the patriarchy. Throughout her lifetime, she published five works, but one of her most poignant, Paternal Tyranny, spoke to these issues in a uniquely powerful way. Indeed, Tarabotti focused on three significant main points: the hypocrisy of putting daughters in convents, the problems with male patriarchy as