%0 Journal Article 
%A Ríos de la Llave, Rita Dolores
%T Gender, the enclosure of nuns and the "cura monialium" in Castile during the 13th century: the Dominican Order as a case study
%D 2009
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27282
%X The enclosure of women devoted to the religious life inside convents, definitively imposed in 1298,
is an appropriate topic for discussing gender. It shows relationships between men and women, masculine
and feminine roles, and the importance of gender in the religious world. Some religious
orders had adopted the enclosure of nuns in previous years, and they experienced problems that
became general during the 14th and 15th centuries. This contribution specifically analyses the situation
of the Dominican Order in the Kingdom of Castile during the 13th century. From 1267
the spiritual care of nuns was officially entrusted to male clergy, while their secular affairs were
entrusted to Dominican friars. But in fact this division was not really strict, because nuns turned to
all of them without distinction even before 1267. The fact is that they could not act independently
of men’s jurisdiction, and separate roles were established for friars, the secular clergy and nuns.

%K Monjas de clausura
%K Dominicos
%K Castilla
%K Siglo XIII
%K Humanidades
%K Humanities
%K Historia
%K History
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala