Intxaustegi Jauregi, Nere Jone2025-03-252025-03-252025Intxaustegi Jauregi, N. J. (2025). Women, convents and divorce in early modern Spain. Avisos de Viena, 10, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25365/ADV.2025.10.922510.25365/ADV.2025.10.9225http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2560There 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 dynamiceng© 2025 Nere Jone Intxaustegi JauregiConventsWomenDivorceWomen, convents and divorce in early modern Spainjournal article2025-03-252710-2629