Convents As Litigants: Dowry and Inheritance Disputes in Early-Modern Spain.

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      Analyzes lawsuits which represent the clash of various and conflicting understandings of the place and efficacy of convents in early-modern Spain. Why female monasticism in Valladolid flourished in the early-modern era; One of the most common types of disputes; Details on lawsuits that centered on the issue of inheritances subsequent to a woman's profession as a nun.