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The Historical Institute of the Province of Hispania is a cultural and academic institution. Its main objective is the preservation, research and diffusion of the history of the Order of Preachers in Spain and the other places where its friars carried out their mission over the centuries.

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News

16 february 2026
O_Lumen hosts a conference on Spanish Dominican Masters of the Order of the Modern Age On 13 February 2026, specialists reviewed the Dominican government and its provinces (17th–18th centuries).

3 february 2026
The AUSP hosts a seminar on Dominican chronicles in the printing workshop Organised by the Historical Institute of the Dominican Order of the Province of Spain, the Antoni Gaudí Faculty and various research groups linked to the UAB and its bibliographical heritage

26 november 2025
3rd edition of the Seminar ‘New historiographical trends in the study of religious orders’ The vice-dean of the Antoni Gaudí Faculty and director of the Historical Institute delves into the content of the seminar given by historians who have worked on the renewal of historiographical sources and methodologies applied to the field of Church studies.

Publications

Dominicos en Andalucía: priores, conventos e iconografía (spanish)
3 july 2025 / It allows a significant approach to various Dominican realities in different areas of the former province of Baetica and the Dominican heritage of the city of Utrera.

El Rosario: historia, iconografía, cofradía y santidad en Andalucía (spanish)
26 october 2024 / The Rosary is the result of a long history of prayer, devotion, association, as well as a very interesting iconography that has marked the history of Catholicism.

El convento de Scala Coeli y el beato fray Álvaro de Córdoba (Spanish)
24 february 2024 / The acts of "Jornada de estudio sobre el Convento de Santo Domingo de Escalaceli" which reveals an important part of the history of the Order in Cordoba.

Religiosidad y patrimonio en los dominicos de Andalucía (Spanish)
6 july 2023 / The Order of Preachers has marked the history and life of the Andalusians who have made a significant contribution to their heritage from their convents, monasteries and brotherhoods.

Archivo Dominicano
Annual journal for the research and dissemination of the history of the Dominicans in Spain and other places where their friars carried out their mission over the centuries.

Monumenta Histórica Iberoamericana
The Historical Institute has had the editorial collection Monumenta Histórica Iberoamericana published by Editorial San Esteban-Edibesa in Salamanca.

Research resources

Historical Archives of the Province of Hispania

Archivo Histórico Dominicano Provincia de Hispania in Salamanca

AHDOPE Salamanca

Archivo Histórico Dominicano Provincia de Hispania in Valencia

AHDOPH Valencia

Archivo Histórico Dominicano Provincia de Hispania in Sevilla

AHDPOH Sevilla