Entangled Inheritances: Confraternities as Ritual Heirs. Some Examples from the Misericórdia of Porto (16th-17th Centuries)
In the Portuguese inheritance system only kin in vertical line were mandatory heirs, thus creating a pool of heirless testators who could dispose freely of their assets. Not only the institutions of the Catholic Church benefitted from them, but also confraternities such as the Misericórdias received...
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Centre de Recherches Historiques
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| Series: | L'Atelier du CRH |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/acrh/11143 |