Political manipulation in the 1385 change of dynasties in Portugal: an Iberian detail named Blanca

This article focuses on the role of Blanca (1319–79?) – the granddaughter of monarchs Sancho IV of Castile and Jaume II of Aragon —in the context of the legal process supporting the election of João I of Portugal in the 1385 Coimbra parliament. The topic prompts an inquiry into the different viewpoints on a little known character in the Iberian royal families. First, the methodology employed contrasts the information known about Blanca and the description that Portuguese documents dating from 1385 make of her. These are an inquest and the official election act of João, the first king of the second Portuguese dynasty. After this section, the article seeks to shed light on the impact which the events described in the latter document had on Blanca’s historical context between the end of the 1320s and the 1340s. The article ends with a fresh look at chroniclers’ portrait of Blanca. In short, this article assesses and contrasts several portrayals of reality over several periods in time: the short term in the 1385 parliamentary meeting, Blanca’s lifespan, and finally a long period during which she almost vanished from historiography.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

"África em Portugal": devoções, irmandades e escravidão no Reino de Portugal, século XVIII "Africa in Portugal": slavery, religious devotion and black brotherhoods during the 18

Este artigo discute a história das irmandades que congregaram escravos e libertos africanos e seus descendentes em Portugal, no século XVIII. Para tanto, leva em consideração um panorama mais geral da história e da historiografia da escravidão e da presença africana em Portugal. Busca compreender o contexto de surgimento e as singularidades das irmandades de negros no cenário das confrarias leigas portuguesas. E, finalmente, destaca com especial atenção, a importância destas organizações na configuração da vida comunitária e na defesa dos interesses das populações liberta e escrava.<br>The following article discusses the history of the brotherhoods that brought together slaves and free Africans as well as their descendants in Portugal during the 18th century. In this way, the article considers a more general panorama of the history and the historiography of slavery and the African presence in Portugal. It tries to understand the contextual appearance and the singularities of the black brotherhoods within the setting of the Portuguese lay fraternities. In conclusion it highlights the importance of these organizations in the constitution of community life and in defense of the interests of the black slave and free population in the kingdom of Portugal