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Luís Miguel Rêpas

Luís Miguel Rêpas holds a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis entitled Wives of Christ: Female Cistercian Communities in the Middle Ages, which was awarded the A. de Almeida Fernandes Prize (for Portuguese Medieval History). He is a collaborating researcher at the Institute for Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH). His research has focused on the history of monasticism, nobility, women, and written culture. Among his historiographical output, particular note should also be made of his Master’s dissertation, When the Nobility Wears White: The Cistercian Community of Arouca during the Abbacy of D. Luca Rodrigues (1286–1299), published in 2003, as well as several articles and book chapters on Cistercian nunneries and their communities, on liturgical manuscripts from Cistercian houses, and on palaeography, diplomatics and sigillography. He undertook his postdoctoral research within the framework of the project Books, rituals and space in a Cistercian nunnery: living, praying and reading in Lorvão (Thirteen–Sixteenth Centuries) (https://doi.org/10.54499/PTDC/ART-HIS/0739/2020), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. He has participated in the projects Claustra: Atlas of Female Spirituality in the Peninsular Kingdoms (Twelfth–Sixteenth Centuries) (HAR2008-02426, HAR2011-25127) and Cistercian Horizons (PTDC/ART-HIS/29522/2017). Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra.

Main interests and research topics: Monastic History; Social History; Women’s History; Written Culture; Palaeography and Diplomatics; Manuscript Studies and Scholarly Editing.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-9437

Ciência Vitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/1414-BC78-D72A

Repository: https://unl-pt.academia.edu/Lu%C3%ADsR%C3%AApas

Research field(s): History as Craft, Documents, and Digital Humanities