Existencia de una monja: vivir el convento, sentir la Reforma (siglos XVI-XVII).

The article examines the lives of nuns during the Counter-Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries. It looks at their daily lives, how they subsisted, what motivated them to enter the convent, the role of confessors in their lives, and how they experienced the Catholic Reformation. The article explains that the reforms issued by the Council of Trent mandated a cloistered life for nuns, with increased separation from family and lay society. It notes that women entered the convent for various reasons, including a genuine desire to serve God, economic necessity, and self-protection.