Women and Religion in the Medieval and Early Modern World.

Abstract

The inspiring theme and starting point for this Special Issue of Religions is undoubtedly presented within its title: Women and Religion in the Medieval and Early Modern World.

Based on this, and on the realities of different geographies, researchers are invited to reflect on themes related to women's monastic historical landscapes in the long time. The aim is to highlight the importance both of the initial communities of women who decided to move away from the world, thus fostering the emergence of future communities already subject to a rule, and the choice of founding sites (genius loci) of women's religious communities and their possible relationship with gender. We will also try to relate this geography of the nuns' facilities to the architecture that characterized them.