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This article examines the evolution and transformation of female religious life in Spain under Franco's regime, which began after the Spanish Civil War in 1939 and ended with the dictator's death in 1975. During the dictatorship, the public stance towards Catholicism made consecrated religious life one of the potential social undertakings for women at ...
Verónica García‐Martín
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The Francoist state, in collusion with the Church, tried to domesticate women's bodies and encode dressing patterns in accordance with Catholic moral doctrine. This article interrogates the normative notion of femininity in Francoism, focusing on ecclesiastical discourse and Catholic dress code. The Church dictated dressing norms, and the Franco regime
Uxía Otero‐González
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This article aims to study the history of the Centres for the Promotion of Women in relation to the changing religious and gender identities of Spanish women. The first centre was founded by the lay organisation Catholic Action Women in 1959 and similar centres quickly spread across the country, giving access to basic education to many women from a ...
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A Donatello for Rome, a Memling for Florence. The maritime transports of the Sermattei of Florence†
Abstract This article deals with the maritime transports of a little known but not unimportant Florentine merchant family. On the basis of previously unknown archival source material, we address questions of family history, mercantile networks, maritime trade connections, and merchandise (including some famous artworks), shedding new light not only on ...
Tobias Daniels, Arnold Esch
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Abstract This article marks the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St Thomas de Cantilupe, bishop of Hereford (1275‐82, canonised 1320), by providing a comprehensive overview of the extant fourteenth‐century miracle collection, Oxford, Exeter College, MS 158, with reference to a contemporary copy in Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat ...
IAN L. BASS
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Incense in medicine: an early medieval perspective
The production, use, and meaning of incense represent relatively untapped areas of study within early medieval history. In this article, I present evidence for the medical use of incense in the Carolingian world. Using a sample of eighth‐ and ninth‐century manuscripts, I analyse incense recipes, investigating their contexts and ingredients, as well as ...
Claire Burridge
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La comprensión de la voluntad de Dios en la obra «Camino Espiritual» del P. Luis de La Palma
El artículo comienza recordando la actualidad que tiene la cuestión de la voluntad de Dios y explica que es posible distinguir una comprensión deontotónica y otra agapetónica de la misma.
Manuel Vargas Cano de Santayana
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La iglesia en el siglo xxi: viejos y nuevos desafíos para el cristiano de hoy
En la presente conferencia se reflexiona sobre los siguientes preguntas: 1. Una introducción de carácter metodológico que responda a la pregunta ¿cómo acercarnos a la Iglesia?
Victorino Girardi Stellin
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Este artículo aborda un tema que ha sido ampliamente ignorado por la historiografía: la relación entre el proyecto de construcción de una comunidad cristiana en los reinos de Congo y Angola, y el proceso de estructuración de la política imperialista ...
Jaime Ricardo Teixeira Gouveia
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LA FUNDAMENTACIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN LA ETNIA FANG. EL CASO DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL
El presente artículo trata refutar dos discursos aparentemente opuestos. El de ciertos occidentales que no ven la posibilidad de llevar a África la cultura de los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia, por ser conceptos de la Filosofía occidental; y, el ...
Jesús Rafael Edu Eyama Achama
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