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Apart from its mastery of style and "delightful vivacity", the
Correggio frescoes have spurred a debate as to the underlying significance of the iconography, in part debating the significance of pagan and hunting scenes for a nunnery. The convent was known for the laxity of its rules, and had been
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By 1767, the monastery only held about eighty nuns or candidates, after the arrival of
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embroiled, along with the abbess in various local land disputes. Critics including
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