Power, Nobility and Charity: The Case of Morgado-chapel and the Hospital of the Barros Family in Braga, (Portugal)

The Barros family, has, for centuries, administered the morgado of Real, the chapel of Senhora das Graças and a hospital in the city of Braga that harboured poor women. This hospital, named the Hospital de Santiago and the Hospital das Velhas (hospital for elderly women), was founded in the Late Mid...

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Published in:The International Journal of Regional and Local History 2021-07, Vol.16 (2), p.71-93
Main Author: Ferreira, Luís Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Charity
Elderly women
gender history
history of hospitals
História e Arqueologia
Hospitality
Humanidades
Middle Ages
nobility
Older people
poor-relief
power
Prestige
Religious buildings
urban history
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Summary:The Barros family, has, for centuries, administered the morgado of Real, the chapel of Senhora das Graças and a hospital in the city of Braga that harboured poor women. This hospital, named the Hospital de Santiago and the Hospital das Velhas (hospital for elderly women), was founded in the Late Middle Ages and continued to function until the nineteenth century. The current study analyses how aid to the poor, in an urban context, served as a catalyser of the prestige of the family that administered it. Using manuscript, printed and iconographic sources, processed by a multidisciplinary methodology, this investigation discusses the main patrimonial, social and symbolic coordinates that allowed the survival of the morgado and of the hospital in the long term.
ISSN:2051-4530
2833-4299
2051-4549
2833-4302
DOI:10.1080/20514530.2021.1988613