| Journal: | Historia. Questoes & debates |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000272119 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6932 |
| Authors: | Araujo, Maria Marta Lobo de1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade do Minho, Instituto de Ciencias Sociais, Braga. Portugal |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Jul-Dic |
| Number: | 45 |
| Pages: | 155-176 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Histórico, analítico |
| English abstract | This paper aims to study the Misericórdias as places of socialisation in the eighteenth century Portugal, focusing on the moments of gathering between brothers and between brothers and the community. I have chosen three particular moments: the elections, the Holy Week ceremonies and the funerals, and analysed the social relations promoted by the Misericórdias in each one of them. The spaces of sociability created by these confraternities (the Misericórdias), apart from reinforcing its members’ identity, promoted the group’s cohesion and enhanced the institution |
| Portuguese abstract | O presente trabalho estuda as Misericordias enquanto palcos de sociabilidades no seculo XVIII, destacando os momentos de encontro e de convivialidade entre os irmaos e entre estes e a comunidade. Escolhemos três momentos: as eleicoes, as cerimónias da semana santa e os enterros e analisamos as sociabilidades criadas pelas Misericordias em cada um deles. Os espacos de sociabilidade criados por estas confrarias, alem de reforcarem a identidade de cada um dos seus membros, fomentavam a coesao de grupo e engrandeciam a instituicao promotora |
| Disciplines: | Religión |
| Keyword: | Religión y sociedad, Portugal, Siglo XVIII, Cofradías, Misericordias, Sociabilidad |
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