Arquitectura religiosa - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:42:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Arquitectura religiosa - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Women’s Monastic Spaces in Cordoba (1811) https://historylab.es/womens-monastic-spaces-in-cordoba-1811/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=womens-monastic-spaces-in-cordoba-1811 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/espacios-monacales-femeninos-en-cordoba-1811/ Location of the monasteries of nuns in Cordoba in the late modern period

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]]> The women’s monasteries had a significant influence on the urban structure of Cordoba from the end of the Middle Ages until the end of the Modern Age. This is partly due to the presence of large oligarchic families at the origins of these buildings, influencing the typology, artistic trends and the disproportionate size of some of their spaces. The Christian recovery of these southern territories during the late Middle Ages led to the formation of different lordships, which, being endowed with extensive lands, eventually allowed the establishment of this type of religious foundation.
During these years, the 17th century was undoubtedly the most prolific, as no less than six female cloisters were added to the existing ones. The first of this century was the convent of Corpus Christi in Santa María, which was founded in 1608 by order of Bishop Fray Diego de Mardones in his quest to establish in Córdoba a convent for nuns belonging to the Order of Saint Dominic. From then on, it was not until 1635 that the formation of new convents continued in this century.
Thanks to this resource, a total of twenty female cloisters can be recorded, which, together with the large number of male communities, turned Cordoba into a convent city. Taking as a reference the Map of the French of 1811, the first map of the city of Cordoba to be drawn, the location of the monasteries of nuns at the end of the Modern Age can be seen, with a clear chronological separation between the late medieval foundations – in red – and those belonging to the modern period – in dark tones.

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