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 wake of the entrance of Cistercian nuns in 1211 across various different aspects to open up spaces for discussion around several themes (the political and religious context surrounding the arrival the nuns in Lorvão, memory and archives, spaces and liturgy, institutions and powers, images and representations) and furthermore producing comparative perspectives with other monastic communities in the Peninsula.

The monthly sessions take place via Zoom and are open to all those interested.

The next Conference, on 18th May 2022, entitled Le monachisme féminin cistercien: les royaumes de Castille et d’Aragon (XIIe – XIVe siècles) is to be given by Prof. Ghislain Baury (Le Mans Université).

Event access link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/87948869761?pwd=T0tQVVl3cStnbzh0TnpWdG1WWVhGZz09
Password: 584948

Past conference recordings available at: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2g0AhCDaozEkZ5enFFRooidBwhCCeN2R