Arqueología monacal : el monasterio femenino de San Jerónimo, Ciudad de México (siglos XVI al XIX) / Guillermo Pérez-Castro Lira ; Víctor Joel Santos Ramírez (editor).

Primera edición.

Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia : Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, 2019.

©2019

368 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm.

The present work -whose central theme is the building of the ex-convent or ex-monastery of San Jerónimo located in the Historic Center of Mexico City- is an essay on the development of monasticism in the western world, the precepts that gave rise to the contemplative centers from the emergence of the first Christian communities, through the Carolingian and the Middle Ages, until reaching the Iberian peninsula, from there to New Spain, to finally stop at the Jeronimo institution. It had its origin in the archaeological excavations carried out between 1976 and 1982, in the rescue of the historic building of San Jerónimo (today the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana). The book recreates the life of the religious building from its foundation in the 16th century until its confiscation in the 19th century, detailing the evolution of architectural spaces through liturgical practice, the order's constitutions and the basic needs of confinement life practiced inside the monastic building. The findings obtained are revealing: they provide a new and at the same time old vision about one of the most important female institutions in New Spain, the order of San Jerónimo. Monastic archeology comes to light after constant reviews by its author, who would conclude it shortly before his death in 2003. It is a unique study of its kind, a profound, captivating and erudite work on history, architecture and archeology.

Monasterio femenino de San Jerónimo, Ciudad de México (siglos XVI al XIX)

Spanish

March 05, 2020

Historia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-368).

History.