A Tour Through Part of France and Flanders
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Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1768 |
ISBN-10 | : BL:A0022705714 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Tour Through Part of France and Flanders written by and published by . This book was released on 1768 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anonymous English travelogue detailing nine months spent in northern France and Flanders in the mid-eighteenth century. The author states in the preface that "every Englishman is inquisitive with regard to the religious ceremonies of foreign countries, and, therefore, I have in this work exerted myself to the utmost to satisfy this natural and laudable curiosity" (page ii), and most of the work is in fact occupied with the life and customs of various abbeys and convents. The work is particularly notable for its depiction of the lives of nuns, as well as the author's laudatory accounts of Jesuit colleges for the Catholic education of English students, such as St. Omer.