Women's Networks of Spiritual Promotion in the Peninsular Kingdoms (13th-16th Centuries)

293 p.

• Information

  ISBN: 9788867280162

  Permalink: http://digital.casalini.it/9788867280162

  SERIES

  IRCUM-Medieval cultures ; 2
  

  DISCIPLINES

  • Religious orders in church history
  • Christian Denominations

  SUBJECTS HEADINGS

  • Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Spain -- History
  • Monastic and religious life of women -- Spain -- History
  • Queens -- Religious life -- Spain -- History
• In this volume

  • Introduction
  • Queens, Infantas and Court Ladies at the Origin of Castilian Mendicant Nuns (c. 1222-1316) : Spiritual Sponsorship and Female Religious Movement
  • Female Networks around the Order of Our Lady of Mercy in the 13th-century Barcelona : an Approach to the Bibliographic and Documentary Sources for the Study of Maria de Cervelló and the First Mercedarian Nuns
  • Foundresses and Patronesses of Portuguese Mendicant Nunneries in the 13th and 14th Centuries : Practices and Models
  • The Importance of the Aristocrats and the Wealthy Bourgeoisie in the Foundation and Development of the Monasteries of the Order of Saint Clare : Valencia, Játiva and Gandía
  • Queen Elisenda de Montcada and the Monastery of Pedralbes : a Model for Female Spiritual Promotion in the 14th Century
  • Sança of Majorca, Queen of Naples : Monastic Foundation within a Project of Genealogical Awareness and Franciscan Spirituality
  • Qui spiritus ambo sunt unum : the Network of Beguin Spirituality in the Early 14th-century Languedoc
  • Habeant ecclesiam Santorum Blasy et Latzari edifficatam iuxta dictum eorum monasterium Sancte Clare : Evidences and Hypotheses on the Foundation of Santa Clara de Manresa
  • Controlling Feminine Excess : Isabel the Catholic and Didactic Literature
  • Spirituality and Religious Sponsorship in the 15th-century Portuguese Crown : Kings, Queens and Infantes
  • Following the Steps of the Foundress : Teresa de Cardona and the Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes
  • Teresa Rajadell and the Society of Jesus : a Forgotten Story of the Monastery of Santa Clara and Sant Antoni de Barcelona (16th Century)
  • Female Patronage and the Foundation of Convents : the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites of the Immaculada Concepció de Barcelona (1588)
  • Bibliography
  • The Authors