Models of Warfare in the Chronicle of D. Duarte de Meneses − Text, Context and Representation
André Luiz BERTOLI
Original title: Modelos de ação bélica na Crônica de D. Duarte de Meneses − Texto, Contexto e Representação
Published in Emotions in the Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean World
Keywords: Chronicle, Models of warlike action, North Africa, Portugal, War.
In this paper I shall present some preliminary research on the Crônica do Conde D. Duarte de Meneses, wrote by Gomes Eanes de Zurara between 1464 and1468. I will make a closer study of several chapters in the chronicle, especially chapter 44 (Riiij) and chapter 154 (CLiiij), which expound the warrior values and Christian virtues that defined the chivalric profiles of the Lusitanian nobility. The chapters selected retell exemplary deeds through which Zurara highlighted among many other types of warlike attitudes that were part of the whole relationship of medieval man to war: the obedience to the captain versus the execution of chivalric prowess. In this chronicle Gomes Eanes de Zurara tried to define an ideal of chivalry adapted to the needs of the Portuguese expansion in North Africa during the fifteenth century, which, in turn, would serve as a model for all the Portuguese warrior nobility in Africa.
Nobility and Diplomacy in Portugal (15th century)
Douglas Mota Xavier de LIMA
Original title: Nobreza e diplomacia em Portugal (séc. XV)
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
Keywords: Diplomacy, Nobility, Portugal.
From the studies of the new history of medieval diplomacy, the article addresses the participation of the nobility in diplomacy, considering the kingdom of Portugal in the fifteenth century, when the office of ambassador gained its first definitions in the West. The text discusses the role of the courtesan nobility, focusing attention on the Sousa and Silveira families, lineages with important presence in diplomacy.
Public festivities in Portuguese medieval towns
Arnaldo Sousa MELO; Maria do Carmo RIBEIRO
Published in Pleasure in the Middle Ages
Keywords: Medieval towns, Pleasure, Portugal, Public festivities, Urban space.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the major Portuguese public festivities in late XIV and XV centuries, mainly in three Portuguese towns – Lisbon, Porto (Oporto) and Braga – in order to study their relationship with the urban space. We start by studying civic and religious festivities, namely royal baptisms, weddings and enthronements, as well as royal and lordly entries in towns, but also regular festivities such as the Corpus Christi. We proceed to study the urban areas where they occurred, their itinerary, the type of festivities (street theater, processions, bullfights, music and dance...) and the ornamentation of those urban areas. Finally we will analyze pleasure connected to these different types of festivities, as well as to various social groups. Our methodology is based upon different types of sources, namely written and iconographic documents, as well as remaining medieval historic buildings and urban plans.
Social Relations of Prior Vasco de Ataíde: The Priory of Crato of the Order of the Hospital from 1453 to 1491
Dirceu Marchini NETO
Original title: As Relações Sociais do Prior D. Vasco de Ataíde: o Priorado do Crato da Ordem do Hospital de 1453 a 1491
Published in Manifestations of the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Battle of Toro, Order of the Hospital, Portugal, Priory of Crato, Vasco de Ataíde.
This article analyzes the social relations that involved the Priory of Crato of the Order of the Hospital in the days of D. Vasco de Ataíde, between the years 1453-1491. The Priory of Crato was the Portuguese branch of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, a religious and military order. The text presents a study about the family Ataíde, about the bond of this family with the kings that governed Portugal during the analyzed period. It also presents an analysis of the people who composed the prior's house of this prior and the alliance made between D. Vasco de Ataíde and the hospitaller prior of Castile on the occasion of the Battle of Toro.
The Circulation of the Legenda Aurea in Portugal: a case study on D. Fernando’s hagiography
Clínio de Oliveira AMARAL, João Guilherme Lisbôa RANGEL
Original title: A circulação da Legenda Aurea em Portugal: estudo de caso da hagiografia do D. Fernando
Published in Manifestations of the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Circulation, Infante Santo, Legenda Aurea, Portugal.
The notion of mobility, at any point in history, is very wide. In order to comprehend it in the Middle Ages, we chose to analyze it through its circulation in written texts. Therefore, the objective of this article is to demonstrate the circulation of A Legenda Aurea in Portugal during the second half of the 15th century. In order to do so, we will present number of possible influences of this text on the Trautado da vida e feitos do muito vertuoso S.or. Infante D. Fernando, a hagiography written by the friar João Álvares in 1450 with the purpose of promoting the royal sanctity of the infant d. Fernando, known as Infante Santo since then.
The Portuguese Common Laws: case of Cima Coa, Guarda, Santarém, Évora and Beja. Challenges and methodologies
Alice TAVARES
Original title: Los fueros extensos portugueses: los casos de Cima Coa, Guarda, Santarém, Évora y Beja. Retos y metodologías
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
Keywords: Common Law, Middle Ages, Portugal, XIII-XIV Century’s.
The aim of this study is to provide an analysis about the customary and laws of the Portuguese medieval town’s councils (13th and 14th Century’s). We select some cases: Cima Coa Coa (Alfaiates, Castelo Bom, Castelo Melhor e Castelo Rodrigo), Guarda, Santarém, Évora, Borba and Beja. In this article we will analyse this local source of common-laws with the aim of making a reflection about the origins, characteristics, processes of formation of the various corpora.
Trutesendo Guterres, an portucalense infanção by XI century
Sérgio Carlos Ferreira
Original title: Trutesendo Guterres, um infanção portucalense do século XI
Published in The chivalry and the art of war in the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Nobility, Portugal, Property.
Ways of thinking and acting: erudite culture at court and reordering of assistance in the reign of king D. João II (1481-1495) and D. Leonor (1481-1525)
André Costa Aciole da SILVA
Original title: Maneiras de pensar e de agir: a cultura erudita na corte e o reordenamento da assistência no reinado de D. João II (1481-1495) e D. Leonor (1481-1525)
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
Keywords: Assistance, Culture, Hospitals, Medicine, Portugal.
The theme of assisting those in need of material resources or spiritual support, and especially the sick, has been the focus of intense historiographical production. The following text points out an aspect that contributed to the reordering of assistance in Portugal at the end of the Middle Ages, focusing on the actions promoted by the monarchs of D. João II and his wife D. Leonor. Our objective is to show how the erudite culture in the court, as well as some external influences, helped to guide the creation of the royal hospitals in Lisbon (Hospital of All Saints) and Caldas da Rainha (Hospital Our Lady of Pópulo).
