Between 1728 and 1744 the Catholic lawyer Mannock Strickland (1673-1744) acted as agent for English nuns living on the Continent, including St Monica's, Louvain, the Brussels Dominicans and the Dunkir
The row between Bishop Herbert Vaughan of Salford and the Jesuits concerning the provision of secondary education became a cause celebre in the 1870s and was only settled eventually in Rome after the
The English Augustinian Canonesses at Bruges kept records of daily life and key events in their convent from its foundation in 1629. Living in exile, members of the convent were well-aware of their im
