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IMC 2015: Sessions

Session 137: Cistercians, I: Innovation and Renewal in Cistercian Portugal

Monday 6 July 2015, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses
Organiser:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Moderator/Chair:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Paper 137-aAssimilation and Adaptation: Two Portuguese Cistercian Monasteries in the Beira Region
(Language: English)
Ana M. Tavares Martins, Departamento de Engenharia Civil & Arquitectura, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã
Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 137-bReflections of the Counter-Reformation in Portuguese Female Cistercian Communities: From Conciliar Tridentine Determinations to Alcobaça Legislation
(Language: English)
Antónia Fialho Conde, Departamento de Historia, Universidade de Évora
Index terms: Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies
Paper 137-cJoana de Jesus, 1617-1681: A Portuguese (Reformed) Cistercian Nun
(Language: English)
Joana Serrado, Faculty of Theology, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Index terms: Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies
Abstract

Cistercian settlements were important to the development of Portugal as a country. In this session architectural innovations will be discussed, as will post-medieval renewal in monasteries for women.