Vícios privados, públicas virtudes : quietismo e ética

Revisiting the concept of "quietism" and its application within the spiritual context proposed by Miguel de Molinos, the author emphasises its effective "corruption" by the evidence of contemporaneous moral decadence. Concurrently, this text analysis how the condemnation of these heresies encouraged, in Portugal as well, all sorts of attacks (both by the church and the state) against the generalisation of mysticism and devoutness to laymen

ABREU, Adélio Fernando; AMARAL, Luís Carlos (coord.) - Dos Homens e da Memória: Contributos para a História da Diocese do Porto

Recensão de: ABREU, Adélio Fernando; AMARAL, Luís Carlos, coord . Dos Homens e da Memória. Contributos para a História da Diocese do Porto. Porto: Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa, Cabido Portucalense, 2018 . 287 p . ISBN: 978-972-8361-84-

Giordano, María Laura (ed.), Reforma católica y disidencia conversa. Diego Pérez de Valdivia y sor Hipólita de Jesús Rocabertí en Barcelona (1578-1624)... [recensão]

Recensão de: Giordano, María Laura (ed.), Reforma católica y disidencia conversa. Diego Pérez de Valdivia y sor Hipólita de Jesús Rocabertí en Barcelona (1578-1624), Vigo, Editorial Academia del Hispanismo, 2020, 215 págs. ISBN: ISBN 978841769621

Senhorinha de Basto : memórias literárias da vida e milagres de uma santa medieval

We start from a poem, whose text is reproduced here, written in Castillian by the Benedictine Friar Jerónimo Baía «in praise of Santa Senhorinha Portuguesa». The poem is included in the 16th century compilation ‘Fénix Renascida’. This article aims at enhancing the degree and type of interest the poet shows for the ‘life and miracles’ of this medieval saint, claimed as a pride of her Order, as well as for the devotional activity around the temple of Basto where the saint is buried. The author attempts a state-of-the-art of the biographies and the hagiographic tradition available in Friar Jerónimo Baía’s time, offering as well the text of the eighteen posthumous miracles of the Senhorinha, written «em hum portugues antigo» and read by Torquato Peixoto de Azevedo from a book then held in Basto, in the church named after the saint

Manuel Gomes de Lima Bezerra : o discurso ilustrado pela dignificação da cirurgia

The article offers a brief recollection of Manuel Gomes de Lima Bezerra’s actions pursuing the regeneration of medicine and surgery in Portugal in the 18th century, emphasizing one of the most important vectors of his enlightened «civic campaign»: the need for surgeons to be recognized by the State and to be –the more distinguished among them – generously paid. Key words: Manuel Gomes de Lima Bezerra? surgery in Portugal, 18th century

FERNANDES, Maria de Lurdes Correia Cultura escrita, património documental e espiritualidade monástica feminina (séculos XV-XIX)... [recensão]

Recensão de: FERNANDES, Maria de Lurdes Correia - Cultura escrita, património documental e espiritualidade monástica feminina (séculos XV-XIX): a «Livraria» do Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Arouca, O. Cister. V. N. Famalicão, Ed. Húmus, 2023. 223 p. ISBN 978-989-755-92