Nuns as "Sponsae Christi": The Legal Status of the Medieval Oblates of Tor de' Specchi
This article examines the unusual history and legal status of the Tor de' Specchi community, founded by Francesca Romana (d. 1440) in Rome, in the face of shifting expectations for religious women in Counter-Reformation Catholicism. It is argued that Francesca Romana had sought to carve out a r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 280-299 |
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Frances of Rome 1384-1440
/ Oblate di S. Francesca Romana del Monastero di Tor de' Specchi
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/ Catholic church, Pope (1566-1572 : Pius V.), Verfasserschaft1, Circa pastoralis
/ Azpilcueta, Martín de 1491-1586
/ Legal expertise
/ History 1425-1468
/ History 1566-1608
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | This article examines the unusual history and legal status of the Tor de' Specchi community, founded by Francesca Romana (d. 1440) in Rome, in the face of shifting expectations for religious women in Counter-Reformation Catholicism. It is argued that Francesca Romana had sought to carve out a religious path for women distinct from that of nuns as brides of Christ ("sponsae Christi"). The article demonstrates the community's difficulties in maintaining this way of life in the face of Pope Pius V's 1566 bull Circa Pastoralis, which extended the Council of Trent's 1563 decrees on enclosure (clausura) to all nuns of every order. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046920001475 |