Through an examination of the role of nuns and the place of convents in both the spiritual and social landscape, this book analyzes the interaction of gender, religion and society in late medieval and early modern Spain. The work is based on the archival records of twenty-three convents in the city of Valladolid and peninsula-wide documents that include visitation records, the constitutions of religious orders, and spiritual biographies.
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Through an examination of the role of nuns and the place of convents in both the spiritual and social landscape, this book analyzes the interaction of gender, religion and society in late medieval and early modern Spain. The work is based on the archival records of twenty-three convents in the city of Valladolid and peninsula-wide documents that include visitation records, the constitutions of religious orders, and spiritual biographies.
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