Documents of Monastic Profession in the Cistercian Order in Castile. Liturgical Function and Documentary Sources

Abstract

espanolEntre los siglos XVI y XIX la profesion de un hombre en la Congregacion Cisterciense de Castilla comportaba la redaccion de una serie de escrituras. En ellas se reflejaba el proceso que le llevaba a abandonar el siglo y acceder a la vida monastica. El objetivo del presente estudio es reconstruir el iter documental y analizar las diferentes tipologias documentales que se generan en el proceso. Unas seran de naturaleza notarial y otras escritas en el seno de la comunidad monastica. Unas se conservaran en el archivo monastico, mientras que de otras solo quedara su huella en otros instrumentos del mismo. EnglishBetween the 16th and 19th centuries, the duty of a member of the Cistercian Order of monks in Castile was to compile a series of documents where he stated his reasons for abandoning the outside world and adopting monastic life. The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the iter of these documents and to analyse the different types of documents produced, some of which were notarial in nature, while others were written for use within the community. Some were kept in the archives of the monastery, whereas all that remained of others was a reference to them in the archives.