Intramuros: experiencias, emociones y afectos en la Andalucía Barroca. Monjas "amistadas" y monjas "enamoradas"
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Alors que le Concile de Trente touchait à sa fin, les couvents féminins de l’Archevêché de Séville connurent des troubles liés à la vie affective des religieuses. Les normes patriarcales et les stratégies familiales forgeaient le destin de maintes femmes, qui, si elles étaient entrées au couvent contre leur gré, disposaient de peu de ressources pour s’adapter. Ces circonstances s’ajoutant aux problèmes liés à l’acceptation d’une clôture rigide, dont elles n’avaient pas toujours pris la mesure en prononçant leurs vœux, provoquèrent, non seulement, des attitudes de rébellion active mais aussi des phénomènes de « fuite émotionnelle », exutoires affectifs qui n’entendaient pas forcément s’ériger contre les normes. Les échappatoires étaient variées : certaines religieuses se laissaient aller à des « amitiés particulières » avec leurs sœurs de profession, d’autres prenaient des libertés (plus ou moins grandes) avec ceux que l’on désignait du nom de « galants » ou « dévots de religieuses ». Nous aborderons la question en gardant à l’esprit que nous pénétrons dans un monde restreint, dont les sources ecclésiastiques et des procès de la juridiction diocésaine ont capturé la trace.
Close to the end of the Council of Trent, the convents of the archbishopric of Seville reflected the problems related to the affective life of the nuns. Patriarchal criteria and family plans shaped the fate of more than a few women, who sometimes had little chance of adaptation when they took holy orders against their will. In addition, the problems of accepting a rigid enclosure, of which they were not always aware when entering the convent, not only provoked attitudes of active rebellion (what I will call emotional “escapes”, emotional outbursts, “loves” and consequent impulses, were not always intended to go against the rules), they simply let themselves go, projecting themselves towards several objectives, either “private friendships” with their religious sisters or love affairs (of different intensity) with the so-called nun suitors or nun devotees. In this communication we will focus on this group of women, understanding that we are in a reduced world, trapped in the ecclesiastical and procedural sources of the diocesan jurisdiction.
Close to the end of the Council of Trent, the convents of the archbishopric of Seville reflected the problems related to the affective life of the nuns. Patriarchal criteria and family plans shaped the fate of more than a few women, who sometimes had little chance of adaptation when they took holy orders against their will. In addition, the problems of accepting a rigid enclosure, of which they were not always aware when entering the convent, not only provoked attitudes of active rebellion (what I will call emotional “escapes”, emotional outbursts, “loves” and consequent impulses, were not always intended to go against the rules), they simply let themselves go, projecting themselves towards several objectives, either “private friendships” with their religious sisters or love affairs (of different intensity) with the so-called nun suitors or nun devotees. In this communication we will focus on this group of women, understanding that we are in a reduced world, trapped in the ecclesiastical and procedural sources of the diocesan jurisdiction.
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Candau Chacón, M. L. (2024). Intramuros: experiencias, emociones y afectos en la Andalucía Barroca. Monjas “amistadas” y monjas “enamoradas.” In Animaux et violence (Époques médiévale et moderne) / Porosités et circulations dans les espaces d’enfermement (XVIe-XVIIe siècles) (Vol. 48). OpenEdition. https://doi.org/10.4000/120na














