Venus in the Cloisters

A 1638 work of erotic fiction features nun-to-nun dialogues in the sexual arts "Is it right that a girl so accomplished be secluded as you are? No, no, my child, I want to share with you my most secret habits, and to give you a true notion of the deeds of a wise nun." This landmark erotic novel salaciously presents the education, one might say indoctrination, of green Catholic nun Sister Agnes at the hands of her more experienced cohort Sister Angelique. Religious demystification coincides with sexual awakening in a scurrilous work which stands as a precursor to those of authors such as the Marquis de Sade.