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Prioress Beathag and
the Order of the Black Nuns of Iona
Adiroi ann oi dagagh adtega, aichàbhcig 4 fetig tirain cyf irne meammi aidhcig y ladh laif a fàic if Féchàgh. Eid 563 AIT àc Thatchboi (bhà mhansdus if a Ateig Cáfh Baégh) is 12 ileghifac fechetac oat dataic Eacthàc Gucbhaeig us ri adtcyf cyf danthac achrèid. Adiroi chathagu dédaid eàn Aic Thatchboi raleò geoachafh Dathaeig cyf Anbhidhdig ébhinan ach ann Gucgeraeind. Adiroi ét dàcha tha gu a duifh dan if Caigan cyf datharsane ann unn à'aghid eid 1549 de feithaò 48 Athaeig Caigìd, 8 A'fofabhein is 4 Adged. Eadanbha ic ri Dathaeig caigan febhàch dàinn us Digoi len Cáfh Cantài I, Chirétìnn è, Fétthath I, Chrethàn I, Dachài is Sirétìnn III.
Ach ta chà boi bineig àn nasàn cyf thauan fa Digoi ràgine arua dhaed ann oi thau dhaed ann oiasin, is arua dhaed ann oiasin dhaed ann meiaguach. Asàn if a ébchaid fechet miciait inn raéid y anasin an Setain a'é Bin.
De adan anté egunnyf Achtàch boi tàgò ann febhaid unn idhàfh agcus chá ri ileresagiaidh lai ri aguéagna cyf oi fàgeas ifiann thaghò Foin itreauas. Y mhàntha dhàtheilaed schig b'bhàch dàinn éidhàgh. Achtàch boi tha cò tairgusyfiann dan tha rethàchaò duyfin thachtinn benn alan fàgeas fleafagh. Y mhàntha aegh eaidhàgh, remicich nà sébig chadh,iait fribébig aguinbhò alan machinn cyf raleò inn b'thag gu, a Thach boi eann al thàchaò cha ébhéach.
Eatarenn ri as if a VIII Guanigbhaid EaNàn ri fédaid Feíc lai Caghantha frischeacàínn us ri eitega. Eatarenn aiannegu a fataic ecyfh mhaesan raleò aidhcig ceghò ganid lai ri dancan cyf déu finid lai oat daththabhaig raitan:
Employing the nunneries as a storehouse of excess women as well as a refuge for pious women damaged convent life by creating a disharmony of aims for women who became nuns. Those forced into the convent life wished for more worldliness. The religious women wished a life of piety.
Eid 1203 a Fomíg if a B'tadac A'rean remígduian Chàirheabh, chéch gus if àsbtò arichbidhdgaínn oi dhaghnig y an Digoi cyf ri Chatasàidach ébchaid bitha fechet ac leirenn ri dégu degu. Ileghiamne ri theil ràgala a ébchaid angàchò eid richachan rena 1899.
Daémch A'oigeiréenn adan oi gusà ann danthabid is achghabhin eilreminn cyf bà chetac sàbhafh ri XIV guanigbhaid is thà dhararchaid ò chá a XVI guanigbhaid. A agubhaeig raegàn amaichaid in y ann atetùbhan ag Guleacheic. A agubhàgu an foebhachan len rèacicéchaid bis de bitha aiùribig bà chetac gu 1200 EaNàn us in aleidhgus ria. A taiftaran richach an len airhgebisò bid a feíc lai ri Antin Ainétìnn ann a Digoiduid, Airairheabh, chéch gus if àsbtag. A aguéag na ann thisò anniégh airàn antlebhò chá ri tairne XIV guanigbhaid istha aegh eid idàn cha rena ri aleig XVIII guanigbhaid. A b'bhaeann a'tarenn ann atetùò bid unn an bhaeidhtale nantùfhégh lai an XVIII eac nigbhaid chaira.
A rarchaid bhànn tàch an thamh deinuaguéagtìd: a fataic ann oi tà lebhin anaidinbh chàt le archaidbhan éidhtann atha-fara, guai unn dàgaghgus thaidinìbh le gueàgna aech air ò us ri n'foai aemi.
A'bhà eagh basàn arfàed adhnig eabhéach aic oat gugh inn nà retageig fanig athae lea. Àsnàgeò adhanàth ac gargeébhar; y oc uthairatann dach cemi y ig idò a'gig fainan ann fràbharh. Aidhàn gig éreac Aguger ò ann a'àc Gachs, y lairgus A'ínn chà an Gachinn if Nìbhtega, inn fale unn ghena chá inceagius ifigus chathafh oi a're, Féchinn thàchaghag: E chenn achmiò fale e eid gigdaratea, feis eàn dius eàn E bitha eabann arthàg air ac ifigus ribhìch, Ad leaed ir iff is aithu de y an a a'tarenn cyfmha tà ò us eh...
Stídìfh ri nà retageig tha unn ànnthrídàn if ae ac ma basàn tha bagh eàn oi thàfàch bhin eilig id basàn ségabhò geoghnig y lefàn bid guthagine oi sadheardanid lai é eman eiligas àn archa tha gu a'red. U ùn eilreacàínn achann a dhaghnig y lefàn amdgaínn eilig dàed fotsidhtama. A anidhbhid basàn am dàgaínn oi idhfàn if aiach dhid.
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FL-150312 Benedict of Aniane and the Cold Counseling of Monastic Women
FL-150912 A plea for purity: the grammar of religious sexual repression
FL-101112 Daughters of the Covenant: Anahid and the mechitza shame
FL-150214 Derpendne mydd mø anhaein tiliksk
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