THE ROLE OF MARY KNATCHBULL IN THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

[...]as abbess, she had greater freedom of movement and she needed to draw on extended family ties and to exercise skills in letter writing which would secure the results she desired for her monastery. The recipients of her letters, some of them court officials, were used to receiving petitions from...

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Published in:Magistra (Atchison, Kan.) Kan.), 2002-07, Vol.8 (1), p.26
Main Author: Bowden, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charities
Christianity
Clergy
Costs
Debt
Donations
English language
Females
Finance
Gender
History
Language history
Literature
Religion
Women
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Summary:[...]as abbess, she had greater freedom of movement and she needed to draw on extended family ties and to exercise skills in letter writing which would secure the results she desired for her monastery. The recipients of her letters, some of them court officials, were used to receiving petitions from lay people experienced in the art of framing requests in ways designed to produce positive outcomes. Parts of her account indicate an understanding of inspirational leadership qualities: I know it will be needful that unitedly, sweetly and cheerfully, you all take the business to hart and in this infant community of yours imagine yourselves to become againe novices and together with those you admitt assume for one yeare att least the exact practice of the novitiate. [...]Mary Knatchbull decided to make a second personal visit in 1663, this time with Anne Neville.
ISSN:1079-7572