- Cultural History, Estudos Medievais, History of Education, History of Medicine, Medieval Medicine, History Of Disease, and 18 moreSocial History of Medicine, History of Science and Technology, Social History, Urban History, Medieval History, Historiography of Black Death, Black Death, History of Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Portuguese Medieval History, Paleopathology, História Da Enfermagem, History of Nursing, Historia De La Enfermería / Nursing History, History of pharmacy, History of Plague, History of Veterinary Medicine, Medieval Veterinary Medicine, and Medieval Veterinary Studiesedit
- I graduated in History (2013) and completed a Master's Degree in Medieval Studies (2015) at the Faculty of Arts and H... moreI graduated in History (2013) and completed a Master's Degree in Medieval Studies (2015) at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, with a dissertation entitled "Físicos e Cirurgiões Medievais Portugueses: Contextos Socioculturais, Práticas e Transmissão de Conhecimentos" ("Medieval Portuguese Physicians and Surgeons: Sociocultural Contexts, Practices and Transmission of Knowledge") edited in book by CITCEM (2016).
Currently, I am a predoctoral fellow of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the reference SFRH/BD/122385/2016, and PhD student at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, with a project titled "A Peste Negra no Portugal de Trezentos: Impacto e Consequências" ("The Black Death in 14th-Century Portugal: Impact and Consequences"), under the supervision of Luís Miguel Duarte (U. Porto) and Filomena Lopes de Barros (U. Évora).
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The Great Plague of 1347-53, commonly known as Black Death, is one of the most famous medieval events, and one of those whose influence and importance is more recognized. The integrated study of Plague as a natural and historical... more
The Great Plague of 1347-53, commonly known as Black Death, is one of the most famous medieval events, and one of those whose influence and importance is more recognized. The integrated study of Plague as a natural and historical phenomenon had extraordinary advances in the last few years. However, this is not the Portuguese reality, where it keeps being in an early stage of research and development. With this project, I propose to study exhaustively the Portuguese documentation from the 14th century produced in two specific regions – Entre-Douro-e-Minho and Entre-Tejo-e-Odiana, - to measure the impact of Black Death, and to integrate its consequences of that first occurrence of the second pandemic of bubonic plague within the events that marked the Portuguese 14th century. Using mainly indirect primary sources, I will try to understand the role of Black Death analyzing the changes in land use and exploration, working relations, monetarization of economy, the volume of documentary production and its production flows, etc. At the same time, I will try to complete the information collected in traditional sources with data from complementary sciences that, although in a similar early stage in Portugal, may already allow new historical readings, interpretations, new questions and answers about this theme.
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Preservados pelos seus refúgios eclesiásticos, a cultura erudita, a escrita e o ensino expandem-se na Baixa Idade Média, multiplicando-se a oferta de acordo com os destinatários e as suas motivações. A mobilidade social que uma boa... more
Preservados pelos seus refúgios eclesiásticos, a cultura erudita, a escrita e o ensino expandem-se na Baixa Idade Média, multiplicando-se a oferta de acordo com os destinatários e as suas motivações. A mobilidade social que uma boa educação poderia trazer, as necessidades de uma hierarquia eclesiástica cada vez mais exigente, a especialização dentro das administrações central e local, a especificidade das minorias étnico-religiosas ou o prestígio associado ao saber, sagrado ou profano, são alguns dos fatores responsáveis pelo surgimento de diversos estabelecimentos de ensino. Évora, sede de concelho, cidade episcopal e destino frequente da Corte Régia, revela-se como um excelente caso de estudo desta expansão tardo-medieval, intimamente ligada com a dinâmica de uma cidade em crescimento.
Preserved by their ecclesiastical sanctuaries, the erudite culture, the writing and reading and school education expand during the Late Middle Ages, with an augmenting supply adapted to its recipients and their motivations. The social mobility that a good education could bring, the needs of an increasingly demanding ecclesiastical hierarchy, the specialization within the central and local administrations, the specificities of the religious minorities, as well as the prestige associated with high culture, are some of the factors responsible for the creation of these new schools. Évora, municipality, episcopal city and frequent stop of the Royal Court, reveals itself as an excellent case study of this late medieval expansion, intimately connected to the dynamics of a growing city.
Preserved by their ecclesiastical sanctuaries, the erudite culture, the writing and reading and school education expand during the Late Middle Ages, with an augmenting supply adapted to its recipients and their motivations. The social mobility that a good education could bring, the needs of an increasingly demanding ecclesiastical hierarchy, the specialization within the central and local administrations, the specificities of the religious minorities, as well as the prestige associated with high culture, are some of the factors responsible for the creation of these new schools. Évora, municipality, episcopal city and frequent stop of the Royal Court, reveals itself as an excellent case study of this late medieval expansion, intimately connected to the dynamics of a growing city.
Research Interests: History of Education, Medieval Culture, Late medieval Portugal, Religious Minorities, Medieval Cities and Urbanism, and 7 moreGalicia and Portugal Medieval History, Medieval Portugal, Évora, Cultural history of the medieval and early modern world, Social History of Cities, Medieval Schools, and Medieval Teaching
A renovação sociocultural que marcou o século XII proporcionou à medicina a possibilidade de se transformar num domínio científico plenamente reconhecido e, simultaneamente, numa profissão de prestígio. Portugal, cuja independência se... more
A renovação sociocultural que marcou o século XII proporcionou à medicina a possibilidade de se transformar num domínio científico plenamente reconhecido e, simultaneamente, numa profissão de prestígio. Portugal, cuja independência se consolidava neste período, acabou por receber os seus primeiros físicos ainda durante o reinado de D. Sancho I. Este projeto tem como objetivo estudar os primeiros indivíduos que exerceram medicina em Portugal, durante a Idade Média, procurando obter uma visão transversal do meio cultural do qual emergiram, da realidade social em que se inseriram e do papel que a prática médica desempenhou nos seus percursos; tudo isto numa fase incipiente do ofício no território português, onde a consolidação levou várias gerações a estar completa.
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The presented work has, as main objective, the study of the first individuals practising medicine in medieval Portugal, analysing also the sociocultural environment that favoured their emergence, knowledge transmission and the noticeable... more
The presented work has, as main objective, the study of the first individuals practising medicine in medieval Portugal, analysing also the sociocultural environment that favoured their emergence, knowledge transmission and the noticeable aspects of their practice. As complement, it’s presented a list of physicians and surgeons, Portuguese or whith documented presence in Portugal, serving as a brief prosopographical catalogue of the studied individuals.
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Proceeding from the most powerful family of the peninsular west, Queen Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of León, seems to represent a last charge of the Portuguese counts to guarantee the permanency of their political hegemony in the... more
Proceeding from the most powerful family of the peninsular west, Queen
Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of León, seems to represent a last charge of the Portuguese counts to guarantee the permanency of their political hegemony in the Kingdom of León. With a brief life and a course barely remembered by documentation, it remains the possibility of study and interpretation of those documental silences, trying to reveal a little bit of the queen’s biography and the importance she had –or not– in the complex political chess of the first third part of the peninsular 11th century.
Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of León, seems to represent a last charge of the Portuguese counts to guarantee the permanency of their political hegemony in the Kingdom of León. With a brief life and a course barely remembered by documentation, it remains the possibility of study and interpretation of those documental silences, trying to reveal a little bit of the queen’s biography and the importance she had –or not– in the complex political chess of the first third part of the peninsular 11th century.
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The presented work has, as main objective, the study of the first individuals practising medicine in medieval Portugal, analysing also the sociocultural environment that favoured their emergence, knowledge transmission and the noticeable... more
The presented work has, as main objective, the study of the first individuals practising medicine in medieval Portugal, analysing also the sociocultural environment that favoured their emergence, knowledge transmission and the noticeable aspects of their practice. As complement, it’s presented a list of physicians and surgeons, Portuguese or who worked in Portugal, serving as a brief prosopographical catalogue of the studied individuals.
