“May God be glorified in women's convents.” Poor Clares and Ursulines
in Bratislava in the 17th and 18th centuries

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Autor/ Author: Miroslav Kamenický 

In: Kultúrne dejiny

ISSN: 1338-2209 (Print)

ISSN: 2989–3313 (Online)

Ročník/ Volume: 16

Číslo/ Issue: Supplement

Strany/ Page Range: 81-97

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2025

Jazyk/ Language: Slovak

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: This paper compares two different women's religious communities in Bratislava in the 17th and 18th centuries. The women's religious communities are the Poor Clares, a typical medieval women's religious order, and the Ursulines, a new “modern” religious order. The Ursulines came to Bratislava in 1676. The founders of the Bratislava convent came from the older convents in Liége, Cologne, and Vienna. The Poor Clares had already been in Bratislava for 379 years by that time. They complied with a strict cloister. Their life had a contemplative character. Unlike the Poor Clares, Ursulines were engaged in pedagogical activities. Already a year after they arrived in Bratislava, they had 17 girls in the inner, boarding school and about 100 girls in the outer school. After their arrival in Bratislava, the Ursulines became competitors of the Poor Clares. Especially when it came to recruiting girls from the leading noble families into the religious communities. The Poor Clares reacted by permanently monitoring the situation in the leading Hungarian noble families about the admission of girls to the monastery. They also influenced the families through the Clares of the related noble families, who were located in the monastery in Bratislava. The economic security of the monasteries differed. The Bratislava Claretia monastery owned a several properties, serf homesteads, and a significant income was the dowry brought to the monastery by individual nuns. In contrast to the Claretian monastery, which had a large income from foundations, the Ursuline monastery had income from fees from the inmates of the internal (boarding) school. In 1782, during the Josephine reforms, the Claretian monastery in Bratislava was abolished. The Ursuline monastery continued to function. Some of the Poor Clares then joined the Ursuline monastery.

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords: Poor Clares, Ursulines, 17th – 18th century, Bratislava, Important Visits to Monasteries.

Citácia/ How to cite:

KAMENICKÝ, Miroslav, 2025. „Nech je Boh zvelebovaný v ženských kláštoroch.“ Klarisky a uršulínky v Bratislave v 17. a 18. storočí. Kultúrne dejiny. Online. Roč. 16, č. Supplement, s. 81-97. ISSN 1338-2209 (Print). ISSN 2989–3313 (Online). Dostupné na:

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