Book and Literary Culture of Women's Monasteries in Dubrovnik

U radu je riječ o knjižnoj i književnoj kulturi redovnica u dubrovačkim samostanima. Rad je ograničen na razdoblje od 15. do 18. stoljeća. Temeljna literatura od koje se polazi jest „Socijalna povijest knjige u Hrvata“ Aleksandra Stipčevića te „Pjesnikinje starog Dubrovnika“ Zdenke Marković, a daje se i pregled sačuvanih rukopisa namijenjenih redovnicama u franjevačkoj Knjižnici Male braće u Dubrovniku prema katalogu Mije Brleka iz 1952. godine. Uz općenite povijesne podatke o ženskim samostanima u Dubrovniku, u radu se pokušava odgovoriti na pitanje što su redovnice čitale te tko je, kada i što pisao, objavljivao ili prepisivao u samostanima ili za njih. Tematizira se i književni rad redovnica, njihova rukopisna ostavština te naznake kazališne djelatnosti u samostanima, a posebno je poglavlje posvećeno redovnici Benedikti Gradić i njezinoj božićnoj pastorali.This thesis discusses book and literary culture of nuns in Dubrovnik’s convents. The focus is on the period between the 15th and 18th centuries. The bibliographic sources that served as a basis for this thesis are Aleksandar Stipčević’s “Social History of the Book among the Croats” and Zdenka Marković’s “Women poets of old Dubrovnik”. The thesis also includes an overview of the preserved manuscripts that were intended for the nuns at the franciscan Library of Friars Minor in Dubrovnik, found in Mijo Brlek’s 1952 catalogue. Along with presenting the general historical data on the female convents in Dubrovnik, the thesis, furthermore, tries to find out what the nuns read and who wrote, published or copied what in these convents or for them and when they did it. The thesis also thematizes the nuns’ literary work, their manuscript legacy and some glimpses of theatre work in the convents, and one chapter is dedicated entirely to one of the nuns, Benedikta Gradić, and her Christmas pastoral