The Institute of Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH) is staging the I Conference Cycle “Viver, ler e rezar no Mosteiro de Lorvão (séculos XIII a XVI)” (Conference Cycle Living, reading and praying in Lorvão Abbey (13th to 16th centuries)), integrated into the project Books, Rituals and Space in a Cistercian Nunnery. Living, Praying and Reading in Lorvão, 13th-16th centuries (ref. PTDC/ART-HIS/0739/2020), financed by national funding from the FCT – the Foundation for Science and Technology.

This cycle aims to stimulate and renew studies on Lorvão Abbey following the arrival of Cistercian nuns in 1211, across various different aspects, thereby opening spaces for discussion around several themes (the political and religious context of the entrance of the nuns in Lorvão, memory and archives, spaces and liturgy, institutions and powers, images and representations) and raising comparative perspectives with other Peninsular monastic communities.

The monthly sessions take place on Zoom and are open to all interested parties.

The 17th October 2022 Conference, entitled “A comemoração da Paixão de Cristo no Mosteiro de Lorvão” (Commemorating the Passion of the Christ at Lorvão Abbey), will be given by Prof. Mercedes Pérez Vidal.