Virgins of Venice
Renaissance, italy
Convents
Monastic and religious life of women
Monasticism and religious orders for women
Nuns
Religious life and customs
Church history
Women
Social conditions
History
"Venice in the late Renaissance was a city of fabulous wealth, reckless creativity, and growing social unrest as its maritime empire crumbled. It was also a city of walls and secrets, ghettos and cloisters - including fifty convents housing three thousand nuns, many of them refined, upper-class wome…
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