Situation of the Libraries of Spanish Monasteries and Convents before the Suppression of Religious Orders
Keywords:
convent libraries, monastery libraries, library holdings, quantifying books, Spain.
Abstract
This paper gives an analysis of the libraries pertaining to religious communities in Spain from their beginnings to the time of their suppression with the sale of religious assets in the 1830s. The reasons for the need to create book collections in the convents and monasteries, and their evolution, are given in detail. Some examples are included in order to obtain quantitative (number of books) and qualitative (predominant languages, subject matter, etc.) data and to offer an approximate number of the books in the libraries of religious orders before this nationalization of assets began.Downloads
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2012-10-31
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Garcia López G. L. y Martín Gómez L. (2012). Situation of the Libraries of Spanish Monasteries and Convents before the Suppression of Religious Orders. Documentación de las Ciencias de la Información, 35, 193-207. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_DCIN.2012.v35.40452
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