Convents, clausura and cloisters. Religious women in late medieval Rome and Latium

Descripción

ANGELICA FEDERICI. Convents, clausura and cloisters. Religious women in late medieval Rome and Latium, Viella, 2022, 252 p.
ISBN: 979-1254691069

La literatura sobre los conventos tardomedievales en Roma y la región del Lacio es escasa. Este libro intenta llenar este vacío, ofreciendo un panorama sobre los asentamientos conventuales en la región entre los siglos XIII y XIV.

A través del análisis de diferentes materiales y fuentes, esta publicación presenta un análisis en profundidad de trece estudios concretos, algunos de los cuales aún son en gran parte desconocidos. Es esta combinación de lo bien estudiado y lo no estudiado lo que hace de este un valioso resumen de los conventos de la región. Al contextualizar los conventos en un marco histórico, artístico y social, se hace evidente que los conventos eran, en términos culturales, agentes definitorios.

Convents, Clausura and Cloisters will shed new light on this fascinating topic, and will be a resource to support further investigations.

• Preface
• 1. Major Themes
  • 1. Space, Gender and Politics: Reframing the Female Religious Experience
  • 2. Contemporary Readings of the Cloister
  • 3. Idealised Realities: The Onset of Nunneries in Rome
• 2. Roman Nunneries
  • 1. Female Power and Prestige: The Extraordinary Case of Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura
  • 2. Icons in Clausura: Domenico Guzmán and the Nuns at San Sisto Vecchio
  • 3. Assisi in Rome? Clare’s Influence at Santi Cosma e Damiano in Mica Aurea
  • 4. Baronial Authority and Identity in Rome: The Colonna at San Silvestro in Capite
  • 5. Interpreting Medieval Vestiges: Rediscovering San Lorenzo in Panisperna
  • 6. Comparing Roman Conventual Communities in Context: A Few Considerations
• 3. The Benedictines in Latium
  • 1. Forlorn Latium: Medieval Nunneries in the Region
  • 2. Women’s Place and Space: Introducing Benedictine Art and Architecture
  • 3. Between Rome and Naples: Artistic Presence at Santa Maria del Monacato, Castrocielo
  • 4. Rediscovering Forgotten Identities: San Luca, Guarcino
  • 5. Hidden Gems: San Pietro, Montefiascone
  • 6. Off the Beaten Tracks: Sant’Angelo di Orsano, Trevi nel Lazio
  • 7. Comparing Benedictine Conventual Communities: A Few Considerations
• 4. The Mendicants in Latium
  • 1. Game Changers and Puzzling Absences: The Ascent of the Clarissans in Latium
  • 2. Female Patronage or Baronial Intervention? San Sebastiano, Alatri
  • 3. Shedding New Light on Neglected Sites: San Michele Arcangelo, Amaseno
  • 4. A New Manifesto for the Mendicant Order: San Pietro in Vineis, Anagni
  • 5. Treasures under Water: The Nunnery of Santa Filippa Mareri, Borgo San Pietro
  • 6. Comparing Clarissan Conventual Communities: A Few Considerations
• Epilogue
• Appendix
  • Benedictine Convents in Latium (ca. 1200-1400)
  • Clarissan Convents in Latium (ca. 1200-1400)
• Bibliography
• Index of Names
• Index of Places