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Monasticism in Early Modern Italy and Spain

Two developments have shaped recent scholarship on monasticism in Italy and Spain: the rise of social history and the concomitant rise of women’s history. Social history examined the place and meaning of monastic foundations within their larger communities and presented monastic institutions as part of a larger social matrix that included local families, patrons, and civic leaders. These developments have led to a new interpretation of monasteries and convents not as isolated and withdrawn, but as well integrated into the life of surrounding cities and towns. Advances in women’s history have contributed to an explosion in the study of convents. Convents were communities composed entirely of women, and they often controlled considerable resources. They therefore offer prime research opportunities for scholars seeking a fuller understanding of the role of women in early modern Europe. Scholarship on early modern male monasticism, on the other hand, appears to be less active.