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- Title
Beaterio de arrepentidas de Santa María la Blanca, según sus Constituciones (siglos XVI y XVII).
- Authors
AGUADO SÁNCHEZ, Maria Elena
- Abstract
The rules that governed brothels in the 16th century forced prostitutes to stop working during Lent and Holy Week. During this period they assembled in hospitals or in honest homes and went to the churches where they were invited to abandon their profession and begin a path of conversion. Given the increasing demand for a home for these women, Cardinal Juan Martínez de Silíceo founded a charitable institution in Toledo. It was located in the Jewish quarter, in some houses next to the chapel of Santa María la Blanca, the former synagogue converted to Christian worship. These women entered voluntarily, were educated, and helped not to relapse into their previous conduct. This institution, established as the School of Nuestra Señora de la Piedad, was popularly known as Beaterio de Santa María la Blanca or Refuge of Penitence. The purpose of this work is to discover the origins of this place and the way of life of the women who inhabited it, through a study of its constitutions.
- Subjects
SANTA Maria (Calif.); TOLEDO (Spain); CHARITIES; SIXTEENTH century; HOLY Week; WORSHIP; CHURCH attendance; REPENTANCE; SYNAGOGUES
- Publication
Vínculos de Historia, 2020, Issue 9, p291
- ISSN
2254-6901
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18239/vdh_2020.09.14