The Confraternities of Misericórdia and the Portuguese Diasporas in the Early Modern Period / / edited by Isabel dos Guimarães Sá and Lisbeth Rodrigues.
"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 dif...
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| Superior document: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response Series ; Volume 42 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | European expansion and indigenous response ;
Volume 42. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Local dynamics : membership, governance, and relations with the crown / Inês Amorim
- Bishops and Holy Houses of Mercy in the Portuguese empire in the early modern age : welfare, cooperation, and conflicts / José Pedro Paiva
- Financing early modern misericórdias in Portugal and its overseas territories (1500-1800) / Lisbeth Rodrigues
- Transferring inheritances across the oceans : the financial role of the misericórdias / Sara Pinto
- Contested philanthropy in Spanish Manila : the Santa Casa de la Misericordia (1594-1869) / Juan O. Mesquida
- In their likeness : Japanese misericórdias and the limits of the misericórdia in Japan (1553-1633) / Rômulo Ehalt
- The visual culture of the misericórdias : art and identity / Joana Balsa de Pinho
- Caring for the sick : hospitals under the administration of the misericórdias / Andreia Durães
- Marrying with the help of the misericórdias / Maria Antónia Lopes
- The misericórdias and the preservation of female honor / Luciana Gandelman
- The misericórdias and the economy of salvation : inheritances, masses, and funerals / Isabel dos Guimarães Sá
- The Santas Casas de Misericórdia and care for foundlings in the Portuguese empire (16th-18th Centuries) / Renato Franco.