Basque Seroras

L. Scott Amanda

Description

The Basque Seroras explores the intersections between local community, women's work, and religious reform in early modern northern Spain. Amanda L. Scott illuminates the lives of these uncloistered religious women, who took no vows and were free to leave the religious life if they chose. Their vocation afforded them considerably more autonomy and, in some ways, liberty, than nuns or wives.Scott's archival work recovers the surprising ubiquity of seroras, with every Basque parish church employing at least one. Their central position in local religious life revises how we think about the social and religious limitations placed on early modern women. By situating the seroras within the social dynamics and devotional life of their communities, The Basque Seroras reconceives of female religious life and the opportunities it could provide. It also shows how these devout laywomen were instrumental in the process of negotiated reform during the Counter-Reformation.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Political science of religion
• Southern Europe
• Spain
• History of Europe
• Spain (groupe)
• Gender studies
• Portugal

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501747519
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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THE BASQUE SERORAS

THE BASQUE SERORAS

LOCAL RE L I GI ON, GE NDE R, AND POWE R I N NORT HE RN I BE RI A , 1550–1800

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Fîrst pubîshed 2020 by Corne Unîversîty Press

îbrary o Congress Cataogîng-în-Pubîcatîon Data

Names: Scott, Amanda ., author. Tîte: The Basque seroras : oca reîgîon, gender, and power în northern ïberîa, 1550–1800 / Amanda . Scott. Descrîptîon: ïthaca [New York] : Corne Unîversîty Press, 2020. | ïncudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. ïdentîIers: CCN 2019020918 (prînt) | CCN 2019980305 (ebook) | ïSBN 9781501747496 (coth) | ïSBN 9781501747519 (pd ) | ïSBN 9781501747502 (epub) Subjects: CSH: Cathoîc Church—Spaîn—País Vasco—Hîstory—Modern perîod, 1500–.| Women în the Cathoîc Church—Spaîn—País Vasco—Hîstory. | Cathoîc women—Reîgîous îe—Spaîn—País Vasco—Hîstory. | aîty—Cathoîc Church—Hîstory. CassîIcatîon: CC BX2347.8.W6 S36 2019 (prînt) | CC BX2347.8.W6 (ebook) | DDC 282/.466082—dc23 C record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/2019020918 C ebook record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/ 2019980305

Portîons o chapter 1 were prevîousy pubîshed în Amanda . Scott, “Seroras and oca Reîgîous îe în the Basque Country and Navarre, 1550–1769,”Church Hîstory 85, no. 1 (2016): 40–64. Reprînted wîth permîssîon.

Cover îustratîon: A group o young women în Navarre. From theCódîce de trajes(anonymous, sîxteenth century). Reproduced wîth permîssîon o the Bîbîoteca Nacîona de España, Madrîd.

For my frîends în Pamplona

Co n t e n t s

Acknowledments îx Note on Translatîon xîîî

 ïntroductîon  1. The Basque Seroras and ay Femae Reîgîous îe în the Eary Modern Word  2. “Her Duty and Obîgatîon”: Seectîng and Empoyîng a Serora  3. oca Reîgîon and Trîdentîne Reorm în the Eary Modern Basque Country  4. “Nothîng More Certaîn Than Death”: Seroras and Theîr Communîtîes through Theîr Testaments  5. The Vîrgîn, the Wîtch, and the Wîdow: Suspîcîon and Transgressîon în the Sîxteenth and Seventeenth Centurîes  6. ConLîct and Communîty în the Seventeenth Century  7. From Seroras to Sacrîstans: Reorms în the Eîghteenth Century  Concusîon

Notes 177 Glossary 211 Bîblîoraphy 215 Index 225

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