Women, convents and divorce in early modern Spain

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2025
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Universidad de Viena
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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
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Convents
Women
Divorce
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Intxaustegi Jauregi, N. J. (2025). Women, convents and divorce in early modern Spain. Avisos de Viena, 10, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25365/ADV.2025.10.9225
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2560
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