A assistência às mulheres nas Misericórdias portuguesas (séculos XVI-XVIII)

This paper aims at analysing the assistance provided to women by the Portuguese Misericórdia institutions, along the Modern Age. We are especially underlining the support given to young orphans in the years before their marriages, as well as to widows and older women. Since they were considered as f...

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Main Author: Maria Marta Lobo de Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2008-02-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/23482