Beschreibung
Forget quiet prayers and holy devotion. Behind the convent walls, the secret life of Medieval Nuns was often a shocking tale of corruption, lavish parties, and sins that would make a king blush. This is the history the Church tried to bury.
This documentary pulls back the curtain on the ideal of the pious convent versus the often scandalous reality. We journey across Europe to uncover the truth, from the feuding, jewel-pawning prioresses of England's Ankerwyke Abbey to the elite Italian nunneries that served as social clubs and secret venues for the aristocracy's forbidden romances. Discover why noble families sent their unwilling daughters into "holy" life and how abbesses acted more like savvy business managers than spiritual mothers.
Prepare to be shocked as we investigate the brutal punishments in German convents, the discovery of a secret tunnel connecting a nunnery to a monastery, and the cynical "sin tax" imposed by the Swiss. Finally, we expose the most stunning corruption of all: the state-run brothel in Avignon, cynically disguised as a convent under the Pope's nose. Learn what it was that finally brought this era of licentiousness to a brutal end—a force far more terrifying than the wrath of God.
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