Where the Middle Ages Begin
Canons and Cities: Cathedral Chapters and Their Social Composition in Medieval Portugal Vilar, Hermínia Vasconcelos (Universidade de Évora – CIDEHUS) e-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.5:2 (2007) Abstract There has been recently a notable growth in the number of studies written on the nature of cities in the medieval period and, at the same time, a rise […]
Beggars, Vagrants and Romanies : Repression and Persecution in Portuguese Society (14th–18th Centuries) Abreu, Laurinda Hygiea Internationalis : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the History of Public Health (2007) Abstract In the Europe that witnessed the construction of the Early Modern States, those who did not have an occupation and refused to work were stigmatized, severely persecuted, […]
Opportunities for Teaching and Studying Medicine in Medieval Portugal before the Foundation of the University of Lisbon (1290) By Iona M. McCleery Dynamis, Vol. 20 (2000) Abstract: This paper discusses where Portuguese physicians studied medicine. The careers of two thirteenth-century physicians, Petrus Hispanus and Giles of Santarém, indicate that the Portuguese travelled abroad to study […]
Talon cusp in a deciduous upper incisor from a medieval Portuguese child By ANA MARIA SILVA and ANA CRISTINA SUBTIL Anthropological Science, Vol. 117:1 (2009) Abstract: Talon cusp is a rare developmental anomaly in deciduous and permanent dentition. This paper reports a case of talon cusp affecting the deciduous maxillary left incisor from a Portuguese […]
Relations between Portugal and Castile in the Late Middle Ages – 13th-16th centuries By Vicente Ángel Álvarez Palenzuela e-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.1:1 (2003) Abstract: A study of the intense diplomatic relations maintained between the Portuguese and Leonese, afterwards Castilian-Leonese, monarchies throughout the Middle Ages. They were dotted with a series of agreements relating to […]
The Portuguese Medieval Parliament: Are We Asking the Right Questions? By Luís Miguel Duarte e-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.1:2 (2003) Abstract: It had traditionally been thought that the history of the Portuguese mediaeval parliament was exhausted from the point of view of available information; almost all approaches had studied the Cortes from a legal angle. […]
The Military Orders Established in Portugal in the Middle Ages: A Historiographical Overview By Paula Pinto Costa E-Journal of Portuguese History, Volume 2:1 (2004) Abstract: The aim of this study is to single out the latest directions taken by the historiography of the Religious and Military Orders established in Portugal in the Middle Ages and […]
New Knights in the Portuguese Order of Santiago during the Mastership of Dom Jorge, 1492-1550 By Francis A. Dutra eHumanista, Volume 2, 2002 Introduction: Dom Jorge was born in Abrantes on 12 August 1481, the illegitimate son of Crown Prince João, shortly before the latter became João II of Portugal (r. 1481-95). Dom Jorge’s mother […]
The participation of the nobility in the reconquest and in the military orders By José Augusto de Sotto Mayor Pizarro E-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.4:1 (2006) Abstract: Starting from the general framework of the Crusades and the Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, together with the involvement of the nobility in these two processes, the author […]
For the Honor of Her Lineage and Body: The Dowers and Dowries of Some Late Medieval Queens of Portugal By Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues E-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.5:1 (2007) Abstract: In this article, we analyse the royal matrimonial contracts of the 15th century in order to evaluate their contribution to the autonomy, influence, power, […]
Medieval Portuguese Royal Chronicles: Topics in a Discourse of Identity and Power By Bernardo Vasconcelos e Sousa e-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.5:2 (2007) Abstract: It is only in the 15th century that the Portuguese royal chronicles assume their own unequivocal form. The following text analyses them as a discourse of the identity and power of the Crown. […]
Around a theme. The female community of the Order of St. James in Portugal: a journey from the late 15th century to the 16th century By Joel Silva Ferreira Mata E-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.6:1 (2008) Abstract: The study of the religious women of the Order of St. James in Portugal during the period mentioned in the […]
Dom Rodrigo de Oliveira was one of many fourteenth-century Portuguese clergymen who reached the top of the ecclesiastical hierarchy as a result of the widespread practice of nepotism.
Merchants, ports and hinterlands. The building of sea-port structures in the Early Modern Porto By Amândio Jorge Morais Barros Revista da Faculdade de Letras, Series 3, Vol.9 (2008) Abstract: Emerging in the Middle Ages, Porto became one of the most important ports of the Iberian Peninsula. The city’s affirmation over the nearby territory was accompanied by the […]
Islamic archaeology in the Iberian peninsula and Morocco By Johnny De Meulemeester Antiquity, Vol.79:306 (2005) Abstract: The author reviews the development of Islamic archaeology in Spain, Portugal and Morocco through its publications and fieldwork, identifying research themes such as ceramic studies, fortified settlement and landscape archaeology, irrigation and urban archaeology. Features excavated in Spain or Portugal can […]
The Conquest of Silves: A Contemporary Narrative By John E. Slaughter The Journal of the American Portuguese Cultural Society, Vol. 2 (1968) Introduction: The capture of Silves from the Moors was a celebrated event in the history of the Reconquista in Portugal, as well as in the annals of the Crusades. Its fame was due […]
Basic Elements of Islamic Portugal: A Survey By Geoffrey Luiz Gomes The Journal of the American Portuguese Cultural Society, Vol. 5 (1971) Introduction: Conquered shortly after the initial Moorish invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711, Portugal formed at the time the western extremity of Visigothic Spain. Less than five centuries later, Portugal would be […]
The People of the Orient as Seen by the Chroniclers of King Manuel I By Anabela Miranda Soares Sights and insights: interactive images of Europe and the wider world, edited by Mary N. Harris and Csaba Lévai (Pisa University Press, 2007) Abstract: The aim of this work, based on specific documentary sources – the chronicles relating to King […]
The Jewish communities in Portuguese late medieval cities: space and identity By Luísa Trindade Religion, Ritual and Mythology Aspects of Identity Formation in Europe, edited by Joaquim Carvalho (Pisa University Press, 2006) Introduction: Until 1496, the Portuguese city was a multi-faith space, shared by Christians, Muslims and Jews alike. However, this coexistence changed as the Middle Ages progressed. […]
Some New Christians managed to escape abroad, founding Jewish communities in Bordeaux, London, Amsterdam, and other cities (Azevedo 359-430). With the union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns (1580-1640), the number of those who moved to Spain and its American colonies was so great that the word “Portuguese” became practically synonymous with “Jew.”
Norman and Anglo-Norman Participation in the Iberian Reconquista c.1018 – c.1248 By Lucas Villegas-Aristizabal PhD thesis, University of Nottingham (2007) Abstract: This thesis covers the Norman and Anglo-Norman contribution to the Iberian Reconquista from the early eleventh to the mid-thirteenth centuries. It explores the involvement of these groups as part of the changing ideas of Holy War and their transformation […]
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