TY  - BOOK
N2  - In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. The subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered illicit behavior of the convent's beautiful young mistress, Maria Luisa. Having convinced those under her charge that she was having regular visions and heavenly visitations, Maria Luisa began to lead and coerce her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies. What emerges through the fog of centuries is a sex scandal of ecclesiastical significance.
AB  - In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. The subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered illicit behavior of the convent's beautiful young mistress, Maria Luisa. Having convinced those under her charge that she was having regular visions and heavenly visitations, Maria Luisa began to lead and coerce her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies. What emerges through the fog of centuries is a sex scandal of ecclesiastical significance.
T1  - The nuns of Sant'Ambrogio :a true story of a convent in scandal /
AU  - Wolf, Hubert.
ET  - First United States edition.
CN  - BX4220.I8
CN  - BX4220.I8
LA  - eng
LA  - Translated from the German.
N1  - Map on inside liner.
ID  - 732034
KW  - Nuns
KW  - Convents
KW  - Scandals
KW  - Monasteries
SN  - 9780385351904
SN  - 0385351909
TI  - The nuns of Sant'Ambrogio :a true story of a convent in scandal /
ER  -