Nuns' Chronicles and Convent Culture in Renaissance and Counter-Reformation Italy

Analyzing Convent Culture In Sixteenth-Century Italy Through The Medium Of Three Unpublished Nuns'' Chronicles This Study Examines The Nuns'' Intellectual And Imaginative Achievements To Determine How They Preserved Individual And Convent Identities By Writing Chronicles. The Chronicles Reveal Many Examples Of The Nuns'' Achievements Especially With Regard To Cultural Creativity And Demonstrate That Convent Traditions Ultimately Determined The Cultural Priorities That Dictated Convent Ceremonial Life.