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A Brief Narrative of the Seizure of the Benedictine Dames of Cambray by Dame Ann Teresa Partington

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Dame Ann Teresa Partington’s Narrative is a moving first-hand testimony to the suffering, courage, and faith of women during the French Revolution. The Benedictines of Cambrai were placed under house arrest in October 1793 and subsequently conveyed in open carts across France to prison in Compiégne. Sharing similar fates with other women religious during the French Revolution, the Benedictines remained there in appalling conditions for 18 months during which time four of their number died. Their experiences during this time and the account of their difficult journey to refuge in England was recounted by one of their number, Ann Teresa Partington, immediately after the events.

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This short entry is a personal account detailing the experiences of 21 English women religious from the Benedictine monastery of Cambrai [Cambray] in France, during the years of revolution, 1789–1795. It was written between 1795 and 1796, immediately after the events that are recounted.

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  • Jacob, Scholastica, ed. 2016. A Brief Narrative of the Seizure of the Benedictine Dames of Cambray and Two Hairs and a Dish of Tortoise. Wass, Yorkshire: Stanbrook Abbey.

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Further Readings

  • Benedictines of Stanbrook. 1956. In a Great Tradition: Tribute to Dame Laurentia McLachlan. London: John Murray.

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  • Bowden, Caroline, ed. 2012. English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800. Six volumes. London: Pickering and Chatto.

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  • Kelly, James E. 2020. English Convents in Catholic Europe c.1600–1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Jacob, S. (2021). A Brief Narrative of the Seizure of the Benedictine Dames of Cambray by Dame Ann Teresa Partington. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Romantic-Era Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11945-4_131-1

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    by Dame Ann Teresa Partington
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11945-4_131-4

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    A Brief Narrative of the Seizure of the Benedictine Dames of Cambray by Dame Ann Teresa Partington
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11945-4_131-1

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