Word: convents
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...singularly interesting work is announced by the Cambridge University Press. It is an elaborate study of convent life and saint worship, covering the period from the beginning of Latin Monasticism to the years just preceding the Reformation. The work is called "Woman under Monasticism." Its author is Lina Eckenstein...
Professor de Sumichrast introduced his subject by a short history of the Convent of Saint Cyr where the masterpieces of Racine were acted under the supervision of Mme. de Maintenon. When Athalie was first produced, instead of arousing the enthusiasm which Racine had so confidently hoped for it, it seemed to fall flat, the truth being that it was so far superior to the standards of the times that it was beyond appreciation; it was a play written for posterity...