Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
St Ursula's Convent
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Margaret Roper | At about the time of Thomas More's second marriage the household expanded again to take in Margaret Giggs
. |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Shirley | ES
made her profession as a nun at the Dutch or Flemish Augustinian convent of St Ursula's
at Louvain in what is now Belgium. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Latz, Dorothy L., editor. “Neglected Writings by Recusant Women”. Neglected English Literature: Recusant Writings of the 16th-17th Centuries, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Salzburg, 1997. 25 |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Shirley | ES
was one of two movers in the founding of St Monica's Convent
at Louvain, of the Order of the English Augustinian Canonesses
, where the seven nuns who came from St Ursula's
moved... |
| Textual Features | Elizabeth Shirley | As a member of her community Shirley wrote for the good of that community. Though she professed to judge herself unworthy, she thought it her duty & part to write, hoping to inspire all those... |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Shirley | ES
composed The lyfe of our moste reverent mother Margrit Clement, the former prioress of St Ursula's
at Louvain; it is probably the earliest biography of a woman written in English from first-hand... |
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