One of the outputs of the MedCrafts project is the elaboration of a database with rigorous and meticulous information concerning medieval crafts identified in both municipal and royal legislation between the 14th and 16th centuries. This database served as groundwork for this paper. The research was oriented to a particular city - Oporto - and to the aspects targeted in the regulation of the city's crafts secto...
This work is part of the research developed under the MedCrafts project (PTDC/HAR-HIS/31427/2017). The goals of this project included creating an in-depth study of the activities of the craftsmen in Portugal, such as their organisation and productive structures, through the analysis of various sources, namely the records of municipal councils. Among the different cities and towns already studied - Braga, Guimar...
Este dossier temático que a “História. Revista da Faculdade de Letras” entendeu consagrar a um Porto medieval (e seu termo) que vai do século X a meados/finais do XVI pretende-se um pequeno contributo para agitar um pouco as águas quase estagnadas da história da cidade.
This themed dossier that the "História. Revista da Faculdade de Letras" understood to consecrate to a medieval Porto (and its termo) that goes from the sixteenth century to mid / final of the XVI century for a small contribution to shake the almost stagnant waters of the history of the city.
This article seeks to clarify the ways of regulating the work of Portuguese butchers in the Late Middle Ages. It begins by underlining the enormous heterogeneity within the craft, the existence of contradictory interests, and then recalling the various products in whose trade the butchers were involved, with an emphasis on hides. Several laws and postures that regulate the respective work are analyzed.
Este dossier temático que a “História. Revista da Faculdade de Letras” entendeu consagrar a um Porto medieval (e seu termo) que vai do século X a meados/finais do XVI pretende-se um pequeno contributo para agitar um pouco as águas quase estagnadas da história da cidade.
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