Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
St Ursula's Convent
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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... |
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... |
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. 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. 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... |
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
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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