IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1316: The Church in Western Iberia (León, Asturias, Galicia, and Portugal), IV: Cistercians and Their Patrons
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | James D'Emilio, Department of Humanities, University of South Florida |
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Moderator/Chair: | James D'Emilio, Department of Humanities, University of South Florida |
Respondent: | James D'Emilio, Department of Humanities, University of South Florida |
Paper 1316-a | Family Memory in Iberian Reformed Abbeys: The Traba Family and the Monastery of Sobrado (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Charters and Diplomatics, Mentalities, Monasticism |
Paper 1316-b | Monasteries and the Aristocracy in Medieval Galicia: The Case of the Traba Family, 12th-13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Monasticism, Social History |
Abstract | Galicia and Portugal were the first areas of the Iberian peninsula settled by the Cistercians with a series of communities directly tied to Clairvaux. The Portuguese abbey of Alcobaça is well-known for its architecture, library, and close ties to the monarchy, but the broader impact of the Cistercians in these regions is barely noted in international scholarship. These papers consider the first foundation - the Galician monastery of Sobrado (1142), the key role of the Traba family in sponsoring Cistercian settlement, and the royal patronage of Cistercian nunneries in Portugal - sometimes overlooked in the light of the Castilian congregation led by the royal nunnery of Las Huelgas. |