La regulación de conflictos en la vida comunitaria del monacato hispano-visigodo

This article studies the ways proposed in the Hispano-Visigothic monastic rules to regulate intra-community conflicts. Hispanic monasteries were made up of very heterogeneous individuals who, in a short period of time, became part of the same community. Therefore, the monks underwent an intense process of conversion and adaptation. They had to integrate their individual identity into the framework of a new, collective identity, which was the monastic community. Conflicts, in this sense, were an inseparable reality of the rest of the cenobitic experience. Living together was not always easy, but it was necessary to try to create relations of harmony and harmony among the monks. For this reason, conflicts were naturalised and perceived as a logical consequence of community life. Providing tools for their regulation was essential for the monks to be able to live their dedication to the monastic community to the full. We understand, therefore, that conflicts were understood as part of the processes of renegotiating the monks’ identity and defining the limits of individual freedom in the community.