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2024Friday 27th SeptemberPanel 2Warhammer 40k

Dominican Nuns, but with Guns: The Adepta Sororitas and Medieval Spirituality

The Adepta Sororitas ranks among the most extreme representations of nuns in popular culture. Their habit-like armour and religious accessories make them easily recognizable as women of the cloth. But if they are nuns, what kind exactly? This paper argues that the most important inspiration for the Sororitas is the female branch of the Dominican …