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Teaching and research activities have led universities to gather a very important cultural and scientific heritage. These university collections are little known to the public and many times, despite being made up of very similar materials, they appear scattered in the different information units in which university centers are organized: libraries, archives and museums, among others. The trend named GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) is aware of what unites these entities and calls for developing joint actions and presenting their heritage in a unitary way. It is studied whether the GLAM trend has penetrated the 33 best-positioned European universities in the ARWU ranking (2019). For this, their heritage websites are analyzed to see how they are organized for the treatment of their collections and if libraries and archives have a space in them. The results of the study allow us to conclude that the university heritage is still scattered, and that only since the end of the 20th century, thanks to the possibilities of the Internet, have they really started to collaborate. However, libraries and archives still have a too small role and even a low presence on the webs that show this inheritance. It would be desirable to take better advantage of the knowledge in information processing of these institutions and a system is proposed that would allow an improvement of the conditions of cultural and scientific heritage with the support of a large part of the university community and with a relevant role of libraries and files

This work starts with a state of the question of what we know today about two convents of Catalan Poor Clares between the 14th and 16th centuries and analyses a manuscript that contains the Rule of Urban IV translated into Catalan in all probability for the Poor Clares of the first monastery, Saint Clare of Vilafranca del Penedès, which in the 16th century would end up joining the second of them, Saint Mary of Jerusalem. The study of the manuscript and its owners falls within the more general framework of an investigation that seeks to contextualize the objects in relation; either with their «materiality» through the traces, textual or not, that the processes of production, manipulation and use have left in it; or with their «spatiality» through the network of meanings that create their contexts of use, custody and performative relationship. Este trabajo parte de un estado de la cuestión de lo que hoy sabemos sobre dos conventos de clarisas catalanas entre los siglos XIV al XVI y analiza un manuscrito que recoge la Regla de Urbano IV traducida al catalán con toda probabilidad para las clarisas del primer monasterio, Santa Clara de Vilafranca del Penedès, que en el siglo XVI acabará uniéndose al segundo de ellos, Santa María de Jerusalén. El estudio del manuscrito y sus poseedoras se encuadra en el marco más general de una investigación que busca contextualizar los objetos en relación; sea con su «materialidad» a través de las huellas, textuales o no, que han ido dejando en él los procesos de producción, manipulación y uso; sea con su «espacialidad» a través de la red de significaciones que crean sus contextos de uso, custodia y relación performativa.

ESPAÑOL: En este artículo se aborda la problemática del estudio de la cultura libraría en los monasterios de clarisas catalanas. La presencia de libros en los inventarios y en otras fuentes procedentes de los fondos de archivo de estos monasterios en los siglos XIV-XVI enriquecen nuestro conocimiento del tema. A menudo esta documentación nos proporciona además informaciones sobre la ubicación de los libros en el interior de la fábrica monástica y sobre sus usos. Ello permite desplazar el foco de análisis del objeto a su contexto. El estudio de esta tipología documental se complementa con el análisis de algunos manuscritos procedentes de estos monasterios y que se han conservado hasta nuestros días: un Diurnal de la primera mitad del siglo XIV; y una Regla de principios del siglo XVI. / ENGLISH: This paper addresses the issue of researching the monastic bookish culture in the Catalan Poor Clares Nunneries. The presence of books in the inventories and others sources from the archives of these monasteries between the 14th and the 16th century enrich our knowledge about the topic. Often these documents also provide information about the location of the books inside the monastic factory and about their uses, allowing to shift the focus of analysis from the object to its context. The study of this typology of documents is complemented by the analysis of some manuscripts from these monasteries that have been preserved to this day: a Diurnal from the first half of the 14th century and a Rule dated to the beginning of the 16th century.

ESPAÑOL: En esta introducción se plantea la relación del libro con los resultados del proyecto "Claustra. Atlas de espiritualidad femenina" y con sus principales líneas de investigación. El volumen propone un debate sobre modelos de implantación, filiación, promoción y devoción femenina mendicante, entre los siglos XII-XVI, en los reinos de la Península Ibérica y en Cerdeña, Nápoles y Sicilia, a través de un enfoque innovador que aplica los resultados más recientes de la investigación sobre mujeres, espiritualidad y paisaje monástico. / ENGLISH: This introduction sets out the relationship between the book and the results of the project "Claustra. Atlas of feminine spirituality", and with its main lines of research. The book proposes a debate on models of implantation, filiation, promotion and female mendicant devotion, between the 12th and 16th centuries, in the Iberian Peninsular kingdoms and in Sardinia, Naples and Sicily, through an innovative approach that applies the most recent research on women, spirituality and monastic landscape.

The Monastery of Santa Clara and San Antonio in Barcelona was the first community of the Order of St. Clare in Catalonia. The present article reveals the wealth of its sacristy inventories as first-class historical sources. The study illustrates the special characteristics of the series of documents in the monastery’s archives: its authorship (by female sacristans) as well as the main types of items inventoried and described (liturgical clothing and ornaments, jewelry, works of art, books ...). The ensemble provides a rich perspective on female monastic culture with regard to its involvement in liturgy, sacred imagery and written culture. One of the outstanding results is an appreciation of the careful and detailed functional design applied by the community of nuns to each item, to keep track of time and the liturgical calendar, as well as to manage and live their relationship with the outside world. [ca] En el present article es posa al descobert la riquesa com a font històrica de primer ordre dels inventaris de sagristia del monestir de Sant Antoni i Santa Clara de Barcelona, primera comunitat de l’orde de Santa Clara en terres catalanes. L’estudi ens acosta a les particularitats d’aquesta sèrie documental en el seu fons arxivístic, la seva autoria (el càrrec de sagristana), així com a les principals tipologies de béns inventariats i descrits (parament i vestimenta litúrgica, orfebreria, obres d’art, llibres...). El conjunt permet donar una imatge rica de la cultura monàstica femenina, en l’acompanyament de la litúrgia, en la imatgeria sagrada, en la cultura escrita. Entre els resultats, sobresurt, la concepció funcional, curosa i detallada que la comunitat de germanes féu de cada peça, a l’hora de marcar el temps i el calendari litúrgic, com també a l’hora de gestionar i viure el dins/fora, la relació amb l’exterior.

ESPAÑOL: Este artículo quiere mostrar la historia de los tres primeros años de una de las primeras cofradías europeas dedicada a la Virgen del Rosario con sede en el monasterio de Santa María de Montesión de Barcelona. Fue fundada por Juana de Aragón en 1488 muy poco después de la que creara en Colonia Jakob Sprenger en 1475. La reconstrucción se hará a partir de la documentación original localizada en el archivo de Montesión y en el de la Provincia de Aragón de la Orden de Predicadores. / ENGLISH: This article attempts to show the history of the first three years of one of the first European brotherhoods dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary based at the monastery of Santa María de Montesión of Barcelona. It was founded by Juana de Aragon in 1488 shortly after its creation in Cologne in 1475 by Jakob Sprenger. The work is based on the original documentation located in the archives of Montesión and of the Order of Preachers of the Province of Aragon.

ESPAÑOL: En este trabajo estudiamos los movimientos de religiosidad femenina en Granada a través del estudio del beaterio de dominicas de Santa Catalina de Sena, el primero que se establece en la ciudad y el único que mantuvo una estructura híbrida a la lo largo de su existencia. / ENGLISH: This paper analyses the movements of female religiosity in Granada (Spain) through the study of the Dominicans beaterio of St. Catherine of Sena, the first to be established in the city and the only one that kept a hybrid structure throughout its existence.

ESPAÑOL: La fundación del monasterio femenino de Clarisas de Santa Engracia de Pamplona, que tradicionalmente se data en 1228, fue al parecer promovido y tutelado por un grupo de familias burguesas del núcleo franco de San Saturnino o San Cernin. Estos linajes, prestigiados económica y socialmente en la urbe, facilitaron la viabilidad patrimonial del convento, al tiempo que dispensaron algunas de las vocaciones para su comunidad; comportamientos que también evidencian los documentos en relación a la mediana nobleza. Asimismo, una atenta lectura de las primeras operaciones en relación al asentamiento de estas sorores, indica que quizá detrás de todo este esfuerzo fundacional estuvo la cátedra episcopal, interesada en regular y encauzar en el área extramural de Pamplona una nueva comunidad de vida religiosa. / ENGLISH: The foundation of the Franciscan Clarist monastery of Saint Engratia of Pamplona, traditionally dated 1228, was apparently promoted by a group of bourgeois families from the Frankish borough of Saint Saturnine. These families, of high economic and social standing, secured the patrimonial feasibility of the convent, as well as bestowed several vocations to the community. Similar tendencies may also be observed in documents related to middle nobility. A thorough reading of the first operations related to the settlement of these nuns suggests that the bishopric may have been behind this foundational effort, motivated by the wish to regulate and guide the new religious community outside Pamplona’s city walls.

ESPAÑOL: Nuestra exposición pretende un estudio de algunas de las principales empresas artísticas en los conventos femeninos de la Galicia bajomedieval, acometidas tanto por la monarquía como por linajes prestigiosos de la nobleza, especialmente galaica, hasta la burguesía emergente. A través del análisis de la promoción artística de figuras individuales se intenta observar las principales líneas devocionales de la Galicia medieval, la interacción de monjas y sus familiares, contribución de estos, la amplitud de sus proyectos y la memoria de su acción. / ENGLISH: Our exposition aims to study some of the main artistic enterprises in the female convents of late medieval Galicia, which were carried out by the monarchy, by prestigious lineages of the nobility, especially Galicians, and by the emergent bourgeoisie. Through the analysis of the artistic promotion of individual figures we try to observe the main devotional lines of medieval Galicia, the interaction of nuns and their relatives, their relatives’ contribution, the breadth of their projects and the memory of their action.

ITALIANO: Maria d’Ungheria è la chiave privilegiata per comprendere sia il complessivo assetto planimetrico e formale della chiesa clarina di Santa Maria Donnaregina sia la sua decorazione a fresco. Il marcato tono germanico della fabbrica appare infatti il frutto della ricezione di un modulo edilizio di origine tedesca divulgatosi nel corso del XIII secolo in Ungheria e Boemia, sapientemente investito di un indiscutibile portato ideologico e retorico nella Napoli di primo Trecento. Un portato ribadito negli affreschi con le Storie di Santa Elisabetta d’Ungheria, nelle quali la celebrazione della santità della stirpe ungherese si combina con la sottolineatura di ruoli e valori devozionali propri del mondo femminile. In merito, proprio in un’ottica di genere, il ciclo si combina efficacemente con altri temi presenti nel programma decorativo, in primis quello mariano. / ENGLISH: Mary of Hungary is the key character to understand the architecture and the decoration of the Clarissan church of Santa Maria Donnaregina in Naples. Probably, the German gothic aspect of the building is the result of the reception of Northern architectural models, spread both in Hungary and Bohemia. In the same direction, the fresco cycle with the Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is devoted to the celebration of the dynasty of the Queen Mary. From the point of view of the gender, the cycle combines effectively with other themes present in the decorative program, mainly the Marian one.

ITALIANO: Lo studio si propone di ricostruire i rapporti tra l’Ordine di Santa Chiara e la monarchia aragonese, testimoniati a Messina dal vivo interesse dei sovrani nei confronti dei monasteri clariani. In particolare, vengono messe a fuoco le vicende relative alla fondazione di due monasteri di clarisse: S. Chiara e S. Maria di Basicò. Parecchie le testimonianze che provano il legame dei due monasteri con regine e principesse: ad esempio Costanza, figlia di Manfredi di Svevia, dopo la morte del marito Pietro d’Aragona nel 1285, e del primogenito Alfonso nel 1291, si ritirò a vita religiosa vestendo l’abito delle clarisse; Eleonora d’Angiò, moglie di Federico III d’Aragona e figlia di Carlo II d’Angiò re di Napoli, fu autorizzata da papa Clemente V, in virtù della sua profonda devozione, a entrare nel monastero messinese di Santa Chiara e venne sepolta nel convento di San Francesco di Catania, che conserva ancora oggi delle reliquie che si ritiene siano appartenute alla regina; e ancora, Elisabetta di Carinzia, moglie di Pietro II, volle essere sepolta a Messina a San Francesco, chiesa che aveva scelto come cappella reale. / ENGLISH: The study aims to reconstruct the relationship between the Order of St. Clare and the Aragonese Royal family, testified in Messina by the keen interest of the monarchs in Poor Clare convents. In particular, the essay focuses on the foundation of two convents of Poor Clares: Santa Chiara and Santa Maria di Basicò. Several clues show the link of the two convents with some queens and princesses of Sicily. For example, after the death of her husband Peter of Aragon in 1285, and of her first-born Alfonso in 1291, Constance, daughter of Manfred of Sicily, retreated to religious life and took the habit of the Poor Clares. Moreover, due to her deep devotion, Eleanor of Anjou, wife of Frederick III of Aragon and daughter of Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples, was authorized by pope Clement V to enter the convent of Santa Chiara and was buried in San Francesco of Catania, that still preserves her alleged relics. Besides, queen Elizabeth of Carinthia, wife of Peter II, wanted to be buried in the church of San Francesco of Messina that she had chosen as royal chapel.

ESPAÑOL: A través de la presente contribución, pretendemos realizar una aproximación a las características que definieron la primera etapa del fenómeno reformista dentro del ámbito femenino dominicano castellano, prestando especial atención a las comunidades radicadas en los núcleos urbanos de Zamora y Toro. Algunas cuestiones como el posible origen de la reforma observante, la delimitación de los impulsores del proceso, así como las aplicaciones prácticas del mismo serán abordadas a lo largo de este trabajo. / ENGLISH: In this paper, we want to carry out an approximation to the characteristics that defined the first period of the reformist phenomenon that concerned to the female Dominican convents in Castile, paying special attention to the convents located in Zamora and Toro. Some questions like the possible origin of the Observant reform, the identification of the authors of the process and the practical applications of it will be discussed throughout this study.

ITALIANO: Il volume raccoglie i contributi di un buon numero di studiose e studiosi provenienti da università italiane, spagnole, portoghesi e tedesche e da istituti di ricerca coinvolti nel progetto "Claustra. Atlante della spiritualità femminile". L’obiettivo principale di questo progetto è stato ed è quello di rendere visibile il ruolo importante del monachesimo femminile nelle trasformazioni della spiritualità tra il XII e il XVI secolo nei regni peninsulari iberici e nel Mezzogiorno italiano. In questo quadro generale, il libro si occupa, in particolare, dell'analisi del paesaggio religioso contrassegnato dalle comunità di clarisse e di domenicane. I diversi contributi consentono un approfondimento della struttura territoriale dei vari regni attraverso cinque linee di ricerca: l'ampliamento della conoscenza di aree che avevano importanti lacune nella topografia monastica femminile; la comprensione delle dinamiche fondazionali che illustrano il ruolo delle comunità di mulieres religiose; la dinamica dell'impianto urbano e i processi di comunicazione e di azione, creatori del paesaggio monastico nel contesto del rapporto tra il monastero e i suoi dintorni; l'importanza del mecenatismo e del patrocinio femminile in molti dei modelli fondazioanli e della promozione artistica e culturale; infine, l’analisi delle pratiche devozionali e della cultura materiale delle comunità monastiche femminili in un contesto funzionale, spaziale e performativo. / ESPAÑOL: El presente volumen recoge las aportaciones de un buen número de estudiosas y estudiosos procedentes de universidades e instituciones de investigación españolas, italianas, portuguesas y alemanas implicadas en el proyecto "Claustra. Atlas de espiritualidad femenina". El objetivo principal de este proyecto ha sido y es hacer visible el importante papel del monacato femenino en las transformaciones de la espiritualidad entre los siglos XII y XVI en los Reinos Peninsulares y en el sur de Italia. Dentro de este marco general, en el presente libro se aborda en concreto el análisis del paisaje religioso marcado por las comunidades de clarisas y dominicas. Los diferentes trabajos permiten profundizar, desde esta estructura territorial por reinos, en cinco grandes campos de estudio: la ampliación del conocimiento de áreas que contaban con importantes lagunas en la topografía monástica, especialmente femenina; la comprensión de dinámicas fundacionales que muestran el papel de comunidades de mulieres religiosae de previa existencia; las dinámicas de implantación urbana y los procesos de comunicación y acción creadores de paisaje monástico en el contexto de la relación entre el monasterio y su entorno; la importancia del mecenazgo y patronazgo femenino en muchos de los modelos fundacionales y de promoción artística y cultural; y finalmente el análisis de las prácticas devocionales y la cultura material de las comunidades monásticas femeninas en un contexto funcional, espacial y performativo. / ENGLISH: This volume contains the contributions of a good number of scholars from universities and research institutions in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany involved in the project Claustra. Atlas of female spirituality. The main objective of this project is, and was, to make visible the important role of female monasticism in the transformations of spirituality between the 12th and 16th centuries in the Iberian Kingdoms and in southern Italy. Within this general framework, the present book deals specifically with the analysis of the impact of the communities of Poor Clares and Dominicans in the religious landscape. The different contributions allow to dwelve into five main fields of study, always from the aformentioned territorial structure by kingdoms: the expansion of the current knowledge of areas that had important gaps in their monastic topography, especially female; the understanding of foundational dynamics that show the role of the communities of mulieres religiosae of previous existence; the dynamics of urban implantation and the processes of communication and action that created monastic landscapes in the context of the relationship between the monastery and its surroundings; the importance of female patronage in many of the founding models and in artistic and cultural promotion; and finally the analysis of the devotional practices and the material culture of the female monastic communities in a functional, spatial and performative context.

ESPAÑOL: En este trabajo estudiamos la vinculación de los conventos de dominicas con lo sobrenatural a través de distintos agentes: la Virgen, santas, un ángel o la actuación milagrosa de la divinidad a través de miembros de la comunidad conventual dotadas de una intensa beatitud. Mediante la narración de estas acciones milagrosas por parte de distintos eruditos quedó plasmada la experiencia religiosa andaluza, dotando a la leyenda de una funcionalidad que justificaba el culto mediante un relato historicista que legitimaba la importancia de los establecimientos dominicos femeninos. Estos milagros fueron la demostración más patente de la sacralidad que imbuía los establecimientos que sirvieron de escenarios de los mismos, de la conexión que representaban entre lo espiritual y lo material, sirviendo de intermediarios entre el fiel cristiano y la divinidad. / ENGLISH: In this contribution we study the links of the Dominican convents with the supernatural through different agents: the Virgin, saints, an angel or the miraculous performance of divinity through members of the monastic community featuring intense bliss. The narration of these miraculous actions by various scholars was captured in the Andalusian religious experience, providing the legend with a functionality that justified the cult by a historicist narrative, legitimizing the importance of female Dominicans establishments. These miracles were the most obvious demonstration of the sacredness that was imbued in the establishments that served like scenarios, representing the connection between the spiritual and the material, serving as intermediaries between the Christian faithful and divinity.

ESPAÑOL: La fundación del monasterio de Santa Clara de Plasencia fue una empresa llevada a efecto gracias al empeño de un miembro de un linaje de la aristocracia urbana de la ciudad, los Ruiz de Camargo, decidido a cumplir con la voluntad de su esposa, a pesar de los impedimentos que puso la condesa de Plasencia al establecimiento de un convento de clarisas. Con el análisis de la accidentada fundación se pretende dar a conocer el papel de la caballería placentina en la propagación de ciertas órdenes monásticas, como una forma más de expresar su poder en el seno de la sociedad del momento. / ENGLISH: The foundation of the monastery of Santa Clara of Plasencia was an enterprise carried into effect through the efforts of a member of a lineage of the urban aristocracy of the city, the Ruiz de Camargo, determined to fulfill, despite the opposition of the Countess of Plasencia, the will of his wife: to establish a convent of Poor Clares. With the analysis of the rugged foundation, it seeks to highlight the role of the gentry of Plasencia in the spread of certain monastic orders to express their power within the society of the time.

ITALIANO: Nell’articolo si ripercorre la storia dei monasteri femminili di Santa Caterina controllato dai domenicani e Santa Chiara legato ai minori, in relazione agli ordini mendicanti, al contesto urbano, ai legami familiari. I monasteri furono fondati da famiglie del ceto cavalleresco nella prima metà del Trecento nella città di Palermo, che aveva perso centralità politica per l’assenza del re. Le figure femminili e le presenze maschili sono state studiate in connessione con la storia cittadina. Nel Quattrocento la riforma degli ordini mendicanti portata avanti dagli osservanti domenicani e francescani generò aspri contrasti per la carica di badessa. Sul piano economico Santa Caterina era il monastero femminile più ricco della città, Santa Chiara si collocava al penultimo posto. / ENGLISH: In this article we examine the history of the convents of Santa Caterina, ruled by the Dominican order, and Santa Chiara, linked to the Friars Minor, in connection with mendicant Orders, urban life, and families. The convents were founded by knightly families in the first half of the 14th century in Palermo, which had lost its political role because of the king’s absence. Female figures and male presences have been studied in connection with the history of the city. In the 15th century the Observant Reform touched both convents, and quarrels broke out for the charge of abbess. From an economic point of view, Santa Caterina had always been the wealthiest convent in Palermo, while Santa Chiara was next to last in wealth.

During the last quarter of the thirteenth century, the Order of Saint Francis underwent a crucial period in the definition of its own identity, while, at the same time, lay communities of men and women were already sensitised both to the idea of spiritual poverty and to the Joachite prophecies announcing the advent of a new era of illumination. In the case of southern France, the influence of Spiritual Franciscans at the beginning of the fourteenth century was undeniable, so much so that their extreme pauperistic discourse and their apocalyptic expectations pervaded lay society, resulting in the Beguin movement of Languedoc that would ultimately be persecuted as heretic. It is a fact that the region was also crowded with Clarissan convents, but, apparently, Spiritual Franciscans and Poor Clares remained within independent spiritual spheres. The goal of this paper is to outline the diaspora of the Beguins of Languedoc and the persecuted Spiritual Franciscans in order to search for the confluence between them and the female rigorist branch that shared their same spiritual roots, that is, the Order of Saint Clare.

ITALIANO: L’articolo si focalizza sui monasteri di clarisse fondati tra XIV e XVI secolo nelle città di Cagliari e di Oristano: la prima capitale del regno di Sardegna catalano-aragonese poi spagnolo, la seconda capitale del regno o “giudicato” di Arborea, inglobato nel regno di Sardegna a partire dal 1420. Queste due città furono le prime, nell’isola, ad avere un monastero di clarisse. Di questi monasteri l’articolo ripercorre le origini, le principali vicende e il ruolo sociale. Si sofferma, inoltre, sul superstite patrimonio artistico medievale conservato nella chiesa clariana di Oristano e sulle architetture di epoca moderna dei monasteri cagliaritani. / ENGLISH: The article focuses on the monasteries of Poor Clares founded between the 14th and 16th centuries in the cities of Cagliari and Oristano: the first one was the capital of the catalan-aragonese Kingdom of Sardinia, the second one was the capital of the kingdom or “giudicato” of Arborea, incorporated into the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1420. These two cities were the first, in the island, to have a monastery of Poor Clares. The article traces the origins of these nunneries, the main events and their social role. It focuses also on the surviving medieval heritage in the Clarian church of Oristano and on the modern age architecture of the nunneries in Cagliari.

ESPAÑOL: Los orígenes de la implantación de la que posteriormente sería Orden de Santa Clara ponen de manifiesto las tensiones entre Clara de Asís y el papado por formular un nuevo modelo mendicante femenino que aquél quiso insertar en el «ordo monasticus» representado por la nueva Ordende San Damián. Se estudia aquí la primera implantación femenina en la Corona de Castilla vinculada de forma autorial a la santa italiana con la intención de reconstruir su fenomenología en red en contraposición a la acción pontificia y arrojar luz sobre la manifestación de esta problemática en el ámbito ibérico. / ENGLISH: The origins of the implantation of the Order of St. Clare reveal tensions between Clare of Assisi and the papacy about a new female mendicant model that he wanted to insert into the «ordo monasticus» represented by the new Order of St. Damiano. The first female implantation in the Crown of Castile is studied here, searching the authorial link with the Italian saint with the intention of rebuilding its phenomenology in a network opposed to the papal action and shed light on the manifestation of this problems in the Iberian area.

ESPAÑOL: De un tiempo a esta parte, la cartografía histórica se ha revindicado como una herramienta muy eficiente para aproximarnos a las instituciones pretéritas desde un punto de vista holístico, situándolas en su contexto espaciotemporal y relacionándolas con el paisaje circundante. En el presente artículo, se aplica este planteamiento metodológico al estudio de las comunidades de clarisas catalanas entre los siglos XIII y XVI, definiendo los patrones de asentamiento y de relación con el territorio inmediato que se observan en los diecisiete conventos analizados. Nuestro objetivo ha consistido en poner de manifiesto la existencia de unos modelos de comportamiento repetitivos e invitar a la reflexión sobre sus posibles causas. Tales planteamientos podrán ser posteriormente discutidos para cada una de las comunidades en sendos estudios de caso. / ENGLISH: For some time, historical cartography has been proved to be a very efficient tool for investigating ancient institutions in a holistic way. It allows their analysis by putting them in their spatiotemporal context and connecting them with their surroundings. Our paper uses this methodological approach to study the communities of Poor Clares in Catalonia between the 13th and 16th centuries. We analyse the locations of those seventeen monasteries that belonged to this religious order, with the intention to establish their settlement patterns and the different landscape features that appear in each case. Our goal is both to highlight the existence of some repetitive patterns in the location of these spiritual spaces and to foster further discussion about the reasons behind the choice of these locations.

ITALIANO: Lo studio propone un lavoro di ricerca compiuto sui monasteri femminili domenicani nelle regioni del Regno di Sicilia sino ad ora poco noti alla storiografia. In particolare, vengono affrontate le fondazioni e le vicende relative ai tre più antichi monasteri campani tra XIII e XIV secolo: San Domenico di Benevento, Sant’Anna di Nocera e San Pietro a Castello a Napoli. Si è inoltre cercato di evidenziare i loro legami con i sovrani, il papato e le istituzioni ecclesiastiche locali. / ENGLISH: The study proposes a research work centered on the Dominican feminine convents in the territory of the Kingdom of Sicily until now little known to historiography. It specifically addressed are the foundations and the events relating to the three oldest monasteries of Campania between 13th and 14th century: San Domenico of Benevento, Sant’Anna of Nocera and San Pietro in Castello in Naples. It also sought to underline their links with the monarchy, the papacy and the local ecclesiastical institutions.

ESPAÑOL: A assinatura, em 1261, de um acordo entre os Franciscanos e os Dominicanos de Santarém é o ponto de partida para o estudo da estratégia da implantação mendicante nesta vila medieval portuguesa. Em particular, ela mostra como as diferentes ordens mendicantes rivalizaram entre si para atrair a atenção e o apoio dos grupos urbanos, através da pregação e da caridade, e as complexas relações estabelecidas entre as comunidades masculinas e femininas, incluindo alguns grupos de emparedadas, rapidamente envolvidas na sua disputa pela liderança da vida religiosa desta vila medieval portuguesa. / ENGLISH: The signature, in 1261, of an agreement between the Franciscan and the Dominican Friars of Santarém, is the point of departure for the study of the mendicant strategy of implementation in this Portuguese medieval town. In particular, it shows how the different mendicant orders struggle for the attention and the support of urban populations, through preaching and charity, and the complex relations established between male and female communities, including some groups of enclosured women, soon involved in their dispute for a leading role in the religious life of this Portuguese medieval town.