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IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 1351: Church, Poverty, and War: Case-Studies of Multiple Uses of Inventories amid Religious Orders in Medieval Portugal

Wednesday 3 July 2019, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Organiser:Mário Farelo, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Moderator/Chair:Mário Farelo, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Paper 1351-aThe Purpose of an Inventory: The Inventory of the Assets of Martim do Avelar, Master of Avis
(Language: English)
Luís Filipe Oliveira, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade do Algarve / Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Military History, Religious Life
Paper 1351-bBooks, Bed Linen, Agricultural Tools, and Cattle: A Medieval Inventory of an Eremitical Settlement
(Language: English)
João Luís Fontes, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 1351-cUnderstanding the Practice of Travel in the Medieval Twilight through an Inventory of Income and Expenses
(Language: English)
Paulo Catarino Lopes, Instituto de Estudos Medievais / Centro de História d’Aquém e d’Além-Mar, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Index terms: Mentalities, Religious Life, Social History
Abstract

This session intends to explore three case-studies of inventories produced between the 14th and 16th centuries in three different contexts (a military order, a former eremitic settlement and a powerful monastery of regular canons of St. Augustine). Within distinct contexts, these written records enable us to understand the different intentions presiding their production and to ascertain how their content can reflect specific characteristics of each of these orders.