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Female Religious Life in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Female Religious Life in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
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Lay and Semireligious Church Labor: Examples from Tudela and Santiago de Compostela Lay and Semireligious Church Labor: Examples from Tudela and Santiago de Compostela
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Flexibility and Commitment: The Basque Seroras in the Early Modern World Flexibility and Commitment: The Basque Seroras in the Early Modern World
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Conclusion Conclusion
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1 The Basque Seroras and Lay Female Religious Life in the Early Modern World
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Published:March 2020
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the lay female religious life in the early modern world. Simultaneously ignored, sanctified, suspected of heresy, lauded, and targeted for reform, devout laywomen presented both obstacles and inspiration in the milieu of early modern European religious life. The seroría provided Basque women with a sanctioned and respectable channel, while allowing them freedom of movement and a degree of economic autonomy that was unmatched by other forms of lay religiosity elsewhere in Europe during the late medieval and early modern periods. Yet while the seroría was unique to the Basque lands, it reflected common female impulses to seek spiritual fulfillment at home and in the familiar spheres of their parish communities. These impulses swelled and then tapered off periodically from antiquity through the medieval and early modern periods, yet they were a consistent part of lived Christian experience that mirrored and responded to wider social, economic, and religious movements of the times. The seroras can be understood only within the context of lay and quasi-religious female devotion—in its many permutations—and placing them within this context also helps broaden the definition and parameters of medieval and early modern female religious life.
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