Convent Wisdom by Ana Garriga

Convent Wisdom by Ana Garriga

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An infectiously edifying manual that mines the lives of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century nuns, offering advice for our modern age and proving one thing: no matter the century, nuns know best.

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Convent Wisdom by Ana Garriga

An infectiously edifying manual that mines the lives of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century nuns, offering advice for our modern age and proving one thing: no matter the century, nuns know best.

Ana Garriga is a scholar of early modern Spain and Latin America. She earned her PhD from Brown University in 2024. Prior to joining the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown, she received a prestigious Fulbright scholarship and completed a PhD at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where she wrote her dissertation on the letters of Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–82).

Carmen Urbita earned her PhD from Brown University in 2025. Prior to joining the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown, she completed her BA in comparative literature at King’s College London. She was granted a scholarship to pursue a Master of Studies in modern languages at the University of Oxford.

In 2020, Ana and Carmen launched Las hijas de Felipe, one of the most popular podcasts in the Spanish-speaking world.

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ISBN 13 9781526680709
ISBN 10 152668070X
Title Convent Wisdom
Author Ana Garriga
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2025-11-04
Number of pages 256
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