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... Port- Royal des Champs for his grand - daughter , eight - year - old Angélique Arnauld . In line with the prevailing custom of the time , Angélique was thrust into the abbey against her will to prevent the diminution of ... Port - Royal 155.
... Port- Royal des Champs for his grand - daughter , eight - year - old Angélique Arnauld . In line with the prevailing custom of the time , Angélique was thrust into the abbey against her will to prevent the diminution of ... Port - Royal 155.
Page 162
... Port - Royal nun once pro- fessed was essentially confined for the duration of her life to a circumscribed physical space . As that space , in the case of Port - Royal des Champs , was located in a marshy , disease - infested swamp ...
... Port - Royal nun once pro- fessed was essentially confined for the duration of her life to a circumscribed physical space . As that space , in the case of Port - Royal des Champs , was located in a marshy , disease - infested swamp ...
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... Port - Royal had a higher proportion of premature deaths than society as a whole , evidence suggests that illness often led to early death ; Sr Claire Martine , for instance , died after only ten years in the monastery ... Port - Royal 169.
... Port - Royal had a higher proportion of premature deaths than society as a whole , evidence suggests that illness often led to early death ; Sr Claire Martine , for instance , died after only ten years in the monastery ... Port - Royal 169.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 6 |
some cases from late medieval Lucca | 43 |
She was usually placed with the great men and leaders of | 67 |
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