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Crossroads of Identities in Women Religious in Spain. Catholicism, Society and Second Vatican Council (1953–69)*

Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 469-485, September 2023., 2023
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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Catholic Dressing in the Spanish Franco Dictatorship (1939–1975): Normative Femininity and Its Sartorial Embodiment

Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 582-602, December 2021., 2021
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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Catholic Housewives in Transition: The Centres for the Promotion of Women between the Franco Dictatorship and Democracy in Spain (1960–1980)

Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 623-643, December 2021., 2021
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 ...
Eider de Dios‐Fernández, Raúl Mínguez‐Blasco   +1 more
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A Donatello for Rome, a Memling for Florence. The maritime transports of the Sermattei of Florence†

Renaissance Studies, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 658-674, September 2021., 2021
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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Bishop Cantilupe is Dead! Long Live St Thomas of Hereford! The Effects of St Thomas of Hereford's Miraculous Cult

History, Volume 105, Issue 367, Page 691-715, October 2020., 2020
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

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 219-255, May 2020., 2020
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 creación de una diócesis portuguesa en los reinos de Kongo y Angola en 1596: estrategias imperiales e implicaciones religiosas

Hispania Sacra, 2022
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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Bulas fundacionales de la Diócesis de Cádiz (III). La creación de la diócesis de Algeciras [PDF]

, 2007
El saqueo de Cádiz por la armada inglesa en 1596 supuso la pérdida de todos sus archivos, civiles y eclesiásticos, anteriores a la fecha. En un intento de reconstrucción de las bulas fundacionales de la diócesis de Cádiz, se estudian diplomáticamente y ...
Charlo Brea, Luis, Piqueras García, María Belén   +1 more
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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The Organization of the Church in the Iberian Peninsula: the Diocese of Coimbra (11th-12th Centuries) [PDF]

, 2018
¿Habrá objeto de estudio relativo a la civilización medieval más amplio, complejo, diverso y controvertido que aquel que nos acostumbramos a designar porIglesia? Sin perder de vista la institución en su amplitud, nos proponemos a abordar en este artículo,
Bastos, Mário Jorge da Motta
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