Il sistema dei monasteri femminili in una terra di confine: la diocesi di Sora, Aquino e Pontecorvo

The thesis traces the history of female monasteries in the late 18th and 19th centuries in the "border area" between the Papal State and the Bourbon Kingdom, covered by the diocese of Sora, Aquino and Pontecorvo. About this area, it analyses life inside and outside the monasteries and the close relationship of the latter with the local social context, but also the impact that the major events that marked the period caused on them, determining a commixture of renewal and conservatism.