The Confraternities of Misericórdia and the portuguese diasporas in the early modern period

• Type: Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães (Editor) Other; Rodrigues, Lisbeth (Editor) Other

Publisher

Brill

Leiden

Other information

DOI: 10.1163/9789004547681

Abstract (EN): During the early modern period, the brotherhoods of Misericórdia were established not only in the overseas territories ruled by the Portuguese, but also beyond their empire, reaching as far as the Philippines and Japan. The twelve chapters of this book examine this expansion by discussing different dimensions of the Misericórdias, such as administration, politics, charitable practices, finances, and forms of discrimination related to social status, gender, and race. Filling a critical gap in anglophone scholarship on the Portuguese Misericórdias, this work's previous absence has been criticized by scholars who believe the Misericórdias are crucial to understanding the past and present of Portuguese communities, both at home and abroad.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 328

ISBN: 978-90-04-54768-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-90-04-54767-4

Collection: European expansion and indigenous response; 42