So this question might be a little morbid, but it seems like nunneries would be easy /attractive targets for thieves, roaming hordes and rapists. A place filled with women, no men around, a lot of them old/frail. How were these places and the nuns themselves protected throughout more brutal time periods?
Was it simply isolation and dressing as nonsexual as possible? Seems like it had to be more.
EDIT: Thanks for all the comments. Convent was the word I was looking for, I just kept thinking of the “get thee to a nunnery” line in Hamlet. Everything I know about life in a convent is pretty much from Sound of Music and a handful of shows.
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Religion was very big, as much so as government. They had the protection of government and the people.
Most criminals would not have targeted the church and the church did torture and execute people. The church had power and was not an easy target.
Obv this depends on what country and time period is being discussed.
Nuns lived at large churches in the center of cities and towns. Not way out in the boonies away from people.
Most towns and cities were built around the church in town square or near the center of the city.
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