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This dissertation aimed to study and organize the Arquivo da Casa Ferreira, since its establishment (1751) to the death of D. Antónia (1896).
A thorough analysis of the documentation was conducted, to identify its producers and the relationships between them, as well as understand why there were personal and/or family documents in a supposedly business archive. We proceeded with the organization of the documents, and produced finding aids (inventory and indexes).
The matter of Private Archives was also examined, discussing their problems and their significance for historical, economic and social knowledge. Finally, the current situation of archival heritage in the Port wine business is discussed.

A contagem de fogos, com o sentido de grupos familiares que subsistem autonomamente, transita da Idade Média ao tempo presente, como suporte das administrações, civil e eclesiástica. Paralelamente, os mesmos imperativos fiscais foram conduzindo a uma cada vez mais sistemática identificação da propriedade, incluindo a propriedade urbana.
Cruzando essas fontes, recuamos dois séculos e focamos três ruas da freguesia da Oliveira, em Guimarães, socialmente diferenciadas: duas ruas centrais, a Rua Nova e a Rua dos Mercadores, e uma periférica, a Rua da Arcela. As três ruas mantêm ainda hoje sensivelmente a mesma estrutura, evidenciada pelos mapas que acompanham este trabalho.

Partindo do cruzamento dos registos de baptizados, casamentos e óbitos, acompanhamos o percurso de vida de cada residente em encadeamento genealógico, ensaiando uma análise comparativa entre duas realidades: a cidade de Guimarães e a paróquia de S. João, da Ilha do Pico nos Açores.

Against the background of the serious crisis suffered by the port wine trade after the end of World War II, we will follow the course taken by Cockburn Smithes, a port shipper based in Gaia, during the Sixties and the first half of the Seventies. To the company, these were years of profound changes that started in 1962 with the takeover by Harveys of Bristol, a sherry group. Included in this new structure, Cockburn’s will seek a way to recover its share in the stagnated British market for port. Harveys will be decisive in the creation of the premium brand Cockburn’s Special Reserve, the wine that will propel the company to the leadership of the market during the Seventies and allow for a new investment cycle on the winemaking side of the trade. We analyze how the company dealt with these changes, both in Gaia and in the wine region, the relationship between the Portuguese and British offices, and the roles and opinions of the Cockburn’s directors in Portugal.

[co-author; responsible for the historical research]

«In 1815, the year that Napoleon Bonaparte marched on Brussels,
Robert Cockburn’s newly founded company was shipping its first casks
of Port from Vila Nova de Gaia. Of course Robert Cockburn could
never have foreseen the impact that the establishment of the firm would
have on the world of Port, nor its long history, but his company would
go on to become a household name. While Cockburn’s faced many
challenges, as has any company that has existed for two hundred years,
at its core has been one constant: wine. If the history of Cockburn’s
could be summarised in one sentence, then the phrase that opens this
chapter would be it. How fitting it is then that Robert Cockburn
himself, in outlining his philosophy so long ago would completely
capture what is still the essence of the company two centuries later.
It is with great pride that in 2015 we have the opportunity to
commemorate the bicentenary of the company, and to celebrate the
vast narrative encapsulated in every bottle of Cockburn’s Port. In
the following pages we aim to honour and remember the individuals
and events that have made Cockburn’s what it is today, while at the
same time exploring the history of Port wine itself, which since 1815
has been permanently entwined with Cockburn’s. From 18th century
Scotland, to the rugged, ever changing beauty of the Douro Valley and
the granite-walled lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, this book aims to be a
window into the past, and to present the story of one of the world’s most
renowned Port houses.»

ISBN: 978-989-20-5521-3

In this article we will explore how modern brands developed in the port wine trade, particularly in the three decades after the end of World War II. A commercial crisis followed the end of the conflict, with port sales only recovering from stagnation in the mid-1960s, in a time when multinational corporations dominated the alcoholic beverages sector and brands achieved global dimension.We will trace the origin of modern brands in the very conservative port trade since the 19th century, having Britain, its main market, as reference and analyzing
the role of pioneers such as Sandeman. We will confront how different players understood the crisis in exports after the war and how the concentration and internationalization processes in the alcoholic beverages sector favored the development of modern brands in the port trade, having Cockburn as a case study for a new business paradigm.

Este artigo apresenta-se como resposta a uma convocatória da FCT de uma Bolsa de Iniciação à Investigação, na qual era proposto o levantamento e transcrição de alguma documentação notarial depositado no fundo chamado “Livros dos Originais do Cabido da Sé do Porto”, do Arquivo Distrital da mesma cidade, situando-se cronologicamente a partir do segundo quartel de 1300 até ao final da centúria. O interesse dos diferentes documentos para uma melhor compreensão do tabelionado português medieval, levaram a que este trabalho incidisse não só no estudo paleográfico do corpus, mas também na sua análise diplomatística.


This article is the result of a summon from FCT, in which it was proposed to survey and transcript some notarial documents compiled in “Livros dos Originais do Cabido da Sé do Porto” reserve, from the Districtal Arquive of the city of Oporto, dating from the second quartel of the 1300’s to the end of the same century. The interest of these documents for a better understanding of the Portuguese medieval notarial activity, conduced this project not only for a paleographic study of the corpus, but also for a diplomatic analysis.

"Resumo
A presente dissertação de mestrado em História Medieval e do Renascimento estuda os tabeliães públicos da cidade do Porto durante o período compreendido entre 1242 e 1383. A análise deste grupo específico de homens da escrita, numa cidade de elevada importância política e económica do reino português, pretende identificar e relacionar os notários públicos e a sua atuação com a história da cidade, estabelecer uma cronologia da sua atividade notarial, e analisar o desenvolvimento das práticas notariais, tal como organização, articulação, hierarquização e sucessão, assim como descortinar a sua posição socioeconómica. A cronologia por nós adotada coincide com a primeira referência sobre um notário público portuense (1242), e a morte do último monarca do século XIV, D. Fernando, já que os tabeliães são oficiais régios, fazendo dessa maneira parte da máquina administrativa da Coroa. Para esse efeito, tratamos da figura do tabelião público do ponto de vista legal, com o intuito de entender a posição legislativa do notário, compreendendo os seus deveres e direitos. Debruçámo-nos também na análise dos escrivães e dos escrivães jurados, como agentes da escrita na sociedade medieval portuense. A elencagem destes homens trouxe-nos problemas no que diz respeito à homonímia, términos periódicos do exercício das suas funções, e a referências pouco claras entre aqueles que escrevem, os que surgem como testemunhas ou que são apenas mencionados. As informações extraídas sobre a tipologia documental dos atos lavrados e das referências comerciais, acompanhadas por uma certa mobilidade dos mesmos, ajudam a compreender um pouco mais sobre este grupo específico de indivíduos.

Palavras-chave: Tabelião público, Notariado, Porto, Idade Média.

Abstract
The present dissertation in Medieval and Renaissance History studies the notaries public of Oporto during the period between 1242 and 1383. The analysis of this particular group of men, in a city of high political and economic importance in the Portuguese kingdom, aims to identify notaries public and relate their profession with the history of the city, establishing a chronology of their notarial activity, and analyse the development of notarial practices, such as organization, articulation, hierarchy and succession, as well as to uncover their socio-economic position. The chronology adopted coincides with the first reference to a notary public from Oporto (1242) and the death of the last king from the 14th century, D. Fernando, because the notaries are public officials and, as such, they actively participate in the administration of the Crown. To that end, we study the figure of the notary public from a legal point of view, in order to understand their duties and rights. Listing these people was a very difficult task due to homonym, periodic terms, and unclear references between those who write, appear as witnesses or are only mentioned. The information extracted from this type of documents and commercial references, accompanied by a certain mobility, helps us to understand a little more about this particular group of individuals.

Keywords: Notary, Notary public, Oporto, Middle Age.
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