![]() ![]() Immodest Acts Paperback edition by Judith C. The story of the relationship between the two nuns and of Benedetta's fall from anĪbbess to an outcast is revealed in surprisingly candid archival documents and retold here with a fine sense of drama. During the course of an investigation, church authorities not only found that she had faked her visions and stigmata, but uncovered evidence of a lesbian affair with another nun, Bartolomeo. Benedetta was elected abbess due largely to these visions, but later aroused suspicions by claiming to have had supernaturalĬontacts with Christ. At twenty-three, she began to have visions of both a religious and erotic nature. Lesbian historian Lillian Faderman faults Browns work for the 'calculated sensationalism of its name' (Faderman 1987, p. In a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history.īorn of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at the age of nine. First written about in Judith Browns Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (1986), Carlinis case is intriguing and has sparked much debate. Brown).pdf - Free ebook download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read book. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. ![]()
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