Enseignantes et cloîtrées: Les ursulines de la congrégation de Bordeaux en Bretagne au XVIIe siècle. A la recherche d’un modèle conventuel

On 3 December 1563, the fathers of the Council of Trent made provision for the enclosure of nuns: "the Holy Council command all bishops they made it their special care that in all monasteries subjected to their authority the enclosure of nuns be restored wherever it has been violated and that i...

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Main Author: Aravaca, Chantal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 87-115
IxTheo Classification:CE Christian art
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBG France
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B monastic architecture
B ursulines
B France
B Seventeenth Century
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Summary:On 3 December 1563, the fathers of the Council of Trent made provision for the enclosure of nuns: "the Holy Council command all bishops they made it their special care that in all monasteries subjected to their authority the enclosure of nuns be restored wherever it has been violated and that it be preserved wherever it has not been violated". In 1566, the constitution Circa pastoralis completed that reform and obliged every religious order of women to the enclosure. The communities of nurses or teachers had to make a choice between enclosure or apostolate. Nevertheless, the ursulines successfully adapted their way of life, and continued to teach young girls. Some religious orders drew up plans in order to manage the observance of the rule and the enclosure thanks to an appropriate spatial organization. The ursulines of the Congregation of Bordeaux did not produce such a document, but the architecture of their convents in Brittany reveals that the communities transmitted the plans to each other. This detailed analysis of plans and facades of their convents in Brittany prepares the ground for the history of the architectural practices of a female order that is still little known in France.
ISSN:2196-6656
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2015-0005