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Teresa Of Avil Women In Medieval And Early Modern Spain

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Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe were inferior to men in different aspects of life. For example, women were not able owning property or exerted their will and freedom. More specifically, in early modern Spain’s social, economics, and political systems reinforced women’s dependency on a husband or a male authority. Therefore, religious lives enabled women of early modern Spain to have freedom to an extent. Teresa of Avila found the religious life to be advantageous to establish herself as a leader and a reformer of Spain. Ultimately, Teresa of Avila reformed an order and men, found 14 convents for women, and able to reach sainthood in a record time. Teresa of Avila had great influence over religious communities such as befriending
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