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A Nun's Life: Part 1

My journey into a medieval English monastery

This is a story about my journey into the lives of women in a medieval English monastery that I introduced in my previous post "And thus it began". The two-year journey ended in 2004, and so I thought I’d revisit it on this 20th anniversary. I’m doing it in four parts.

I’m including video this time because I think to do right by those women their story needs to be told. You know that old chestnut about people living on as long as we tell their stories, right? Well, feel free to watch or listen along and keep their memory alive. There’s also a transcript if you prefer to read.

I hope you enjoy meeting them as much as I did.

Barking Abbey in Essex, England as it appeared in the late-medieval era.

For an interesting 3-D look at the Abbey grounds, go here. The dot #5 is the main gate I’m standing in front of above.

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