21.03.22,16:30, Women, powers and the Inquisition

Historical Studies

21.03.22,16:30, Women, powers and the Inquisition

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Abstract
The meeting focuses on the recent volumes by Marina Caffiero and Alessia Lirosi. The analysis of “feminine prophetism”, in a time span between the 15th and 19th centuries, represents the first point of discussion and includes the history of revelations, visions, spiritual and thaumaturgical gifts, aimed at the achievement of women’s autonomy. The second part of the seminar is instead focused on the relationship between Women and the Inquisition. The discussion intends to place itself in a gender perspective and capture the differences between the sexes in terms of repression, control and judicial process, as well as reflect on how the female quality influenced doctrines, institutions and behaviors.

Speakers

Vittoria Fiorelli
University of Suor Orsola Benincasa
Marina Caffiero
University of Roma La Sapienza
Alessia Lirosi
University of Niccolò Cusano
Alfonso Tortora
University of Salerno

Coordinator

Alfonso Tortora
University of Salerno

Vittoria Fiorelli, University of Suor Orsola Benincasa. After having held (1987-1990) the role of deputy coordinator of the detached unit at the Neapolitan Society of National History of the IRIS Consortium operating within the project Sistema Beni Librari (SBL), from 1991 she taught in the institutions of secondary education of I and II degree until July […]

Marina Caffiero

Marina Caffiero is full professor of Modern History, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Department of History Culture Religions. Her research has been carried out mainly in the field of studies of religious and cultural history, in relation to the relationship between politics and religion during the processes of secularization taking place in Italy […]

Alessia Lirosi

Alessia Lirosi is Associate Professor of Modern History at the Niccolò Cusano University of Rome. Among her publications: I monasteri femminili a Roma tra XVI e XVII secolo (Rome, 2012); Libere di sapere. Women’s right to education from the sixteenth century to the contemporary world (Rome, 2015); Una confraternita femminile a Roma. The Company of […]

Alfonso Tortora

Alfonso Tortora is Professor of modern history at the University of Salerno has launched an interesting line of research on the Waldensian presence in the South and on the theme of Mediterranean Waldensianism with particular attention to the territories of Calabria and Puglia. He is the author of numerous articles in accredited and international scientific […]

Course Start Date	21/03/2022
Course End Date	21/03/2022
Time	16:30

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