The Brotherhood of Santíssimo Sacramento de Santo Estêvão of Alfama and the poverty assistance (1806-1820)

Authors

  • Isabel Drumond Braga Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/cn.v0i41.1787

Keywords:

brotherhood, poverty, Blessed Sacrament

Abstract

Starting from unpublished manuscript sources, produced by the brotherhood of the Holy Sacrament of St. Stephen's alfama, we assess the institution's role in poverty assistance, analyzing the regiments and the daily practice of assigning certain groups of alms to the destitute. In particular, sought to ask what is the weight of charitable activity to the poor in the accounts of the institution given that confraternities stood out in particular for activities related to worship and service to the souls of the members. on the other hand, there was concern realize who were the beneficiaries and the reasons that had led to the category of poor.

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Author Biography

Isabel Drumond Braga, Universidade de Lisboa

Departamento de História da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Published

2015-11-30

How to Cite

Drumond Braga, I. (2015). The Brotherhood of Santíssimo Sacramento de Santo Estêvão of Alfama and the poverty assistance (1806-1820). Chronica Nova. Revista De Historia Moderna De La Universidad De Granada, (41), 253–273. https://doi.org/10.30827/cn.v0i41.1787