Daughters of Silence

Daughters of Silence

Nuns in Belgium and Luxembourg from the Middle Ages to the present day

The secrecy surrounding the cloisters of women’s religious orders has always aroused particular interest – and even fantasies – amongst the general public. And yet, the lives of the Daughters of Silence are characterised by simplicity and serenity, despite the strictness and austerity of the rules of yesteryear. In order to write the history of the nuns, the sisters from many convents spontaneously opened the gates of their cloisters a little and revealed an admirable joy in their inner life, combined with a deep understanding of ‘worldly matters’. Written in collaboration with the General Archives of the Kingdom, the book is also published in Dutch.