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1. MULHERES DE VÉU PRETO: LETRAMENTO RELIGIOSO DAS IRMÃS CLARISSAS NA AMÉRICA PORTUGUESA.

Author

Pereira Lage, Ana Cristina

Subjects
MONASTICISM & religious orders for women, BRAZILIAN history to 1822, MONASTIC & religious life (Christianity), MONASTIC life of women, LATIN liturgical language, CHRISTIAN literature, SEVENTEENTH century, HISTORY, CHURCH history
Abstract

The article discusses the written culture and devotional literature related to the women's religious convents of the Order of Santa Clara in Portuguese America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics discussed include the ability of sisters of the Convent of Santa Clara Do Desterro in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil to use Latin in their devotions, the book "Novo Orbe Seráfico Brasilico," detailing practices of the order, and biographical information on women belonging to the order.

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2014
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