Alle origini della femminilizzazione e del controllo episcopale nella clausura monastica cristiana

The practice of female monastic enclosure, far from being historically linear, reveals the persistence of two structural features: its exclusive application to women and its regulation by episcopal authority. From Caesarius of Arles’ Regula ad virgines (6th c.) to Boniface VIII’s Periculoso (1298), these elements remain constant despite evolving models of enclosure. To understand this continuity, Erving Goffman’s concept of “disculturation” offers a useful framework for interpreting enclosure as a gendered process of institutional reconfiguration.