Centre for Lifelong Learning
- Centre for Lifelong Learning
- Upcoming courses and events
- 2018/19
- Non-accredited courses
- History and Heritage
- Spring
- What happened to the Nuns? Sixteenth-Century England, Myth and Religious Women a
What happened to the Nuns? Sixteenth-Century England, Myth and Religious Women after the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Saturday 19 January 2019, 1.00PM to 4.00pm
When Henry VIII’s government closed hundreds of monasteries in 1539, an estimated 2,000 nuns became homeless and without vocation. Unable to join new parishes as vicars and often without the ability or inclination to go back to their families, ex-nuns were faced with difficult futures… and yet, many survived in fascinating and enduring communities, despite poverty, persecution and exile. This course will explore the little-told stories of these courageous women, fighting for their places in the world.
Emily Hansen BA MA PhD (please note new tutor)
- Term: Spring
- Day: Saturday
- Start Date: 19 January 2019
- Time: 1-4pm
- No. of weeks: 1
- Course fee: £22.00
Location: tbc