This paper will focus on donations made in sixteenth century Portugal either by clergymen or by lay people (men and women) for parish churches andchapels.
A wide range of donations was made, including textiles, metal objects, sculpted images, paintings but also buildings (or parts of them), land and cattle. Whenever documentary ...
(Show more)This paper will focus on donations made in sixteenth century Portugal either by clergymen or by lay people (men and women) for parish churches andchapels.
A wide range of donations was made, including textiles, metal objects, sculpted images, paintings but also buildings (or parts of them), land and cattle. Whenever documentary sources allow, gender, social status or levels of income shall be related to the kind of donations made in order to enquire if there are patterns of behaviour, and tackle systems of value ascribed to the assets donated.
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