| The 1,800 letters by the Benedictine nuns of Kloster Lüne give insight into life in late medieval Germany. |
| How to conduct business, give spiritual advice, and send off a scheming duke while living in enclosure? The 1,800 letters by the Benedictine nuns of Kloster Lüne, written and copied between mid-15th and mid-16th century, give a vivid insight into all aspects of monastic life. The talk will be illustrated by images from the still active North German convents and their astonishing medieval art. More information on the research behind the talk is available via https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/voices-from-the-past |
| Henrike Lähnemann grew up in three medieval towns (Münster, Lüneburg, Nürnberg), studied and worked at Bamberg, Edinburgh, Berlin, Göttingen, Tübingen, Zürich, Freiburg, and Newcastle, and since 2015 holds the Chair in Medieval German Literature and Linguistics at Oxford. She has been working for quite a while now on several projects linked to the North German nuns, also in cooperation with Dr Anne Simon; their ‘Life of Nuns’ is available open access. More information on Henrike Lähnemann on her Oxford profile page https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/laehnemann |
