The area is 1360 square meters. It was the biggest church building in the Middle aged Estonia. Name Pirita is orginated from St. Birgitta. The idea and construction The history of the the Pirita Convent dates back to the 15 century. The idea to found a convent in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, was initiated by some Tallinn merchants already in 1400. Building plot was donated from Livonian Order. The building were built in two different parts. One for nuns and one for monks. Church in the middle and it was used by both. St. Birgitta rules In the convent have to live both - nuns and also monks. Nuns and monks were seperated and did not see each other at all. The Convent could not have more than 85 members 60 sisters and 25 brothers. The leader of the convent is a woman-abess. They could not play the organ. The song must replace the organ. Only natural materials are used for the construction of the convent
Skopje out of Albania, he fell ill and died when Agnes was about eight years old. After her father's death, her mother raised her as a Roman Catholic. According to a biography by Joan Graff Clucas, in her early years Agnes was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service, and by age 12 was convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life.[10] At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She never again saw her mother or sister. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to
Princess and two cousins were taken to imprison them and Gwenllian's uncle was executed. Gwenllian was placed in the Priory at Sempringham, where she was held behind high walls until her death fifty-four years later. In committing her to a convent, Edward's aim was not only to prevent her from marrying and having sons who might lay claim to the Principality of Wales, but also to hide her away, unknown to the outside world. He chose because of its remote location and there was an order in which nuns were hidden from view behind high walls. Edward I offered the Prior and Prioress 20 pounds a year for taking Princess in. It was an offer they couldn't decline. In 1301, Edward created his own son Prince of Wales; a tradition that continues to this day. 1536 The first Act of Union was passed between England and Wales. Wales becomes united politically with England and is governed by English law. · 1801, the first official census record, the population of Wales is 587,000 and the
The founder of the convent was the Bridgettine Order whose principal house was at Vadstena in Sweden. The convent was dedicated to Birgitta Gudmarsson who was canonized in 1391. The construction was started in 1407 and it was sponsored by wealthy citizens and the knighthood of the provinces of Harju and Viru as well as by some rich people of Sweden. The convent was divided into three parts. The central part was the church with its 34-metre-high gable. The left wing was for the nuns and the priests lived in the right wing. The church building was completed and consecrated in 1436. Other buildings took longer to build they were completed at the beginning of the 16th century. The number of nuns was not to exceed sixty according to the regulations of the Order. A girl who wished to become a nun had to be at least 18 years old. The priests could not be younger than 25. The decline of the cloister began during the Livonian War (1558-1583). The fire of 1564 caused
Where the maps stopped. - Satan took over with certain things, including alcohol and "Indians." 7. Sum up the influence of Catholicism on the Chippewas (based on what you have read so far). Catholicism hasn't replaced Native American customs and religion so much as claimed its own jurisdiction within those customs, perhaps the Catholic God isn't entirely responsible for everything around them at the reservation. 8. Present Sister Leopolda. How is she different from other nuns? What is her attitude to Indians? Perhaps she is sent to test her Sisters' faith, here and there, like the spot-checker in a factory. In her class, Sister Leopolda carries a long oak pole for opening high windows. She uses it for catching Satan by surprise. She will see him if he enters. She has a stringer of children who can only breathe if she says the word. The other Sisters had long ago gone blank and given up on Satan. He slept for them. They never notice his
sleep. The number of hours we sleep we need depend on our age. Young babies sleep for 20-22 hours each day, whereas older people often need only 6-7 hours. 2.1 Early hospitals The earliest known institutions aiming to provide cure were Egyptian temples. In ancient times temples dedicated to the gods of healing used to have a hospital area. Sick people came there to pray and be treated. Later in the Middle Ages hospitals attached to monasteries were run by monks and nuns. The oldest hospital still in existence is in Paris. It was founded in 800's A.D. In the 1700's European cities began to build hospitals. They were charity hospitals for the poor and sick, as the rich people were treated at home. The early hospitals were dark, crowded and very dirty, so it was very likely to be infected even more, when you went to be cured. The first hospital in Estonia was the hospital of Saint John, first mentioned in 1237. It was for the people who had leprosy. 2
& it was difficult to look after it without the help of a man. Language and culture. Already at the end of the 12th cent. schools were set up. Some were ,,grammar" schools, independent of the Church, others were attached to a cathedral. At the beginning of the 13th cent. 2 schools of higher education were established Oxford & Cambridge. Law schools appeared, producing lawyers who could advise juries. The number of religious houses grew enormously. Many men & women wanted to be monks & nuns. The reason was economic difficulties. At the end of the 12th cent. there had been sharp rise in prices. Monasteries became centres of wealth & learning. Priests couldn't be married any longer. A new movement, the ,,brotherhood" of friars, wandering preachers, appeared. They were not interested in church power, but in the souls of ordinary people. Dealing with the Celts. William I had allowed his lords to win land in Wales. These Normans built castles, mixed with the Welsh
BOOKS (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other various material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book (e-book). Books may also refer to works of literature, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspaper. The body of all written works including books is literature. In novels and sometimes other types of books (e.g. biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc.). A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, or, more informally, a bookworm. A st...
years before. He wants to take his wife somewhere private, because he has not slept with her for two years. But before she arrives, he develops a fever, so he is confined to bed. When she arrives, she is nervous. Lewandowski explains what he wants, and she blushes furiously. The other patients tell her that social niceties can be dispensed with during wartime. Two men guard the door in case a doctor or one of the nuns arrives to check on a patient. Kropp holds the child and the other patients play cards and chat loudly with their backs to the couple while the couple makes love in Lewandowski's bed. The plan is carried off without a problem. Lewandowski's wife shares the food that she brought for her husband with the other patients. Paul heals well. The hospital begins using paper bandages because the cloth ones have become scarce. Kropp's leg heals, but he is more solemn and less talkative than he used to be
By exercising all your rights upon me. ORGON (a little touched) Come, come, my heart, be firm! no human weakness! MARIANE I am not jealous of your love for him; Display it freely; give him your estate, And if that's not enough, add all of mine; I willingly agree, and give it up, If only you'll not give him me, your daughter; Oh, rather let a convent's rigid rule Wear out the wretched days that Heaven allots me. ORGON These girls are ninnies!--always turning nuns When fathers thwart their silly love-affairs. Get on your feet! The more you hate to have him, The more 'twill help you earn your soul's salvation. So, mortify your senses by this marriage, And don't vex me about it any more. DORINE But what . . . ? ORGON You hold your tongue, before your betters. Don't dare to say a single word, I tell you. CLEANTE If you will let me answer, and advise . . . ORGON Brother, I value your advice most highly; 'Tis well thought out; no better can be had;
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