5 sentences with 'convents'
Example sentences and phrases with the word convents and other words derived from it.
• « Monasteries and convents grew to become some of the most important economic institutions in medieval Europe, despite their stated intention to house people whose full-time job was to pray for the souls of Christians everywhere. »
• « Monasteries and convents had to be economically self-sufficient, overseeing both agriculture and craftsmanship on their lands. »
• « In essence, many monasteries and convents became the most dynamic and commercially successful institutions in their home regions. »
• « The peasants in the countryside went further, attacking churches, convents and the estates of the nobility. »
• « Church organisation: The government also made changes to the organisation of the Catholic Church, which were strongly resisted by the clergy and the population. As a result of these changes, many ecclesiastical properties passed into the hands of the government, and the convents of the Franciscan, Dominican, Mercedarian and Bethlehemite monks were suppressed. »