Revelations by Mary Sharratt

Author:Mary Sharratt [Sharratt, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781328518774
Google: xwXrDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1328518779
Publisher: HMH Books
Published: 2021-04-26T23:00:00+00:00

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I spent the better part of winter in the scriptorium bent over the desk until my neck ached and my hand cramped around the quill. Though silence pervaded our scribing, it was not the silence of repression but of deepest concentration. I shall never forget the joy and feverish hunger for knowledge on the Sisters’ faces. These were not women who had renounced the pleasures of the world but who had rejected the hell of dynastic marriage and bearing countless babies to men they didn’t love. Their holy calling had elevated them to this sanctuary where their intellects could flourish.

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