Women, convents and divorce in early modern Spain

• Intxaustegi Jauregi, Nere Jone ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Deusto

     Universidad de Deusto

     Bilbao, España

     
• Localización: Avisos de Viena, ISSN-e 2710-2629, Nº 10, 2025, págs. 1-7
• Idioma: inglés
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  • There are archival records of women in the Golden Age seeking divorce from their husbands while living in a convent, which may seem unusual today.

    So I am interested in exploring why a woman in the early modern period would enter a convent and seek a divorce from there. I present identities, different examples and motivations that help to understand this dynamic.