Domestic religiosity in the 18th century Spanish Courtelite women, everyday life spaces and material culture. An approach to a study in progress
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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ISSN: 0870-4147
Year of publication: 2016
Issue: 47
Pages: 93-108
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista portuguesa de história
Abstract
The main objective of this article is to develop an approach to issues and practices related to devotion and spirituality, concerning to women belonging to the bourgeoisie and the middle-nobility, in the framework of their domestic lives, during the late 18th century in Madrid. From these pages we focus on unravelling the ways of the group formed by the wives of the servers of the Spanish Monarchy. This investigation will be based on the analysis of the material culture appeared in their dowry letters and post-mortem inventories