Remarkable letter reveals earthquake drama for nuns in exile
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 10:00
in Earth & Climate
Traveling around Europe in search of a new home after the dissolution of the monasteries must have been dramatic enough for England's oldest community of Bridgettine nuns. But a remarkable newly-catalogued letter shows they also experienced another harrowing event – the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.