The Institute of Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH) runs the Conference Cycle “Viver, ler e rezar no Mosteiro de Lorvão (séculos XIII a XVI)” (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 through the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology.

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

The monthly sessions are held on Zoom and be open to all interested parties.

The 31 January 2022 Conference opening this cycle, entitled “D. Sancho I, o conflito com os monges de Lorvão e a introdução das monjas cistercienses em Portugal” (D. Sancho I, the conflict with the monks of Lorvão and the introduction of Cistercian nuns in Portugal), features Professor Maria João Branco (IEM – NOVA FCSH) as keynote speaker.

Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/94NHnYzm_Ko