Monjas: Historias secretas del convento

Nuns recounts the daily lives of women who lived in religious communities during some of the most turbulent years of early modern Europe. Evangelisti dismantles the myth of the convent as a mere place of forced isolation and offers a fresh perspective on the social and cultural reality of nuns between the 15th and 18th centuries. Beyond being "brides of Jesus Christ," throughout history they have been educators, entrepreneurs, writers, musicians, and even figures of political resistance. The book reconstructs the legacy of some of these nuns, while presenting a previously unseen view of this intriguing world and its impact on our present.