Zakonne Wilno. Klasztory żeńskie. Teksty – książki – biblioteki | Orderial Vilnius. Nunneries. Texts – Books – Libraries
Volume 14 (2007): Baltijos regiono istorija ir kultūra: Lietuva ir Lenkija. Socialinė istorija, kultūrologija = History and Culture of Baltic Region: Lithuania and Poland. Social History, Cultural Sciences, pp. 195–207
Pub. online: 9 December 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
9 December 2007
9 December 2007
Abstract
The article concentrates on the role and importance of the intellectual culture of contemplative female orders in the societies of the onetime Vilnius. The article depicts the use of normative liturgical texts and the preaching creativity in the religious activity of the order. What was emphasized were the books functioning in the characterised environment as well as the individual and collective religious reading matter and the organisation and contents of the monasterial libraries.