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The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal

The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal - Paperback

by Hubert Wolf
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hubert Wolf, Ruth Martin (Translator)Publish date:2016-01-12Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780804169806ISBN-10:804169802UPC:9780804169806Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christian Church, ChristianityBook Topic:History, CatholicSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC2QZXRKGG

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In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she feared for her life. A subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered the shocking secrets of a convent ruled by a beautiful young mistress, who coerced her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies, and who entered into an illicit relationship with a young theologian. Drawing upon written testimony and original documents discovered in a secret Vatican archive, The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio is the never-before-told true story of how one woman was able to practice deception, heresy, seduction, and murder in the heart of the Catholic Church.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780804169806ISBN-10:804169802UPC:9780804169806Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christian Church, ChristianityBook Topic:History, CatholicSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC2QZXRKGG

Hubert Wolf, born in 1959, is professor of Medieval and Modern Church History at the University of Muenster, Germany. He was honored with the Leibniz-Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Communicator Award, and the Gutenberg Prize, and he was fellow at the Historisches Kolleg in Munich.


Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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Hubert Wolf, Ruth Martin (Translator)

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Hubert Wolf

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