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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En la Nueva España, la religión dictaba las normas de comportamiento; la vida monástica era vista como modelo ideal y el internado de las niñas en conventos aseguraba su virtud y su buena educación. Muchas internas pasaban a la adolescencia y a la edad adulta sin que les llegara el "remedio" de un marido que las sacase de su encierro, y buscaban pretextos para salir, mientras que otras, cuando en el siglo XVIII se decretó su salida "al mundo", sufrieron miedo, soledad y desamparo. La colección La aventura de la vida cotidiana está orientada hacia el público interesado en la historia...

Zoé Oldenbourg (1916-2002) llegó a Francia huyendo de la revolución bolchevique y es autora de una amplia obra narrativa y ensayística con la Edad Media, las cruzadas y el catarismo como protagonistas privilegiados. Tras terminar durante la segunda guerra mundial Barro y cenizas (1944), saltó a la fama internacional al conseguir el Premio Fémina con la novela La piedra amgular (1953), a la que siguieron Los Quemados (1960) y Las ciudades carnales (1961). Es autora también de dos obras dramáticas situadas en la Edad Media, L ́évêque et la vieille dame ou la belle-mère de Peytaví...