Abstract
Este artigo tem como objetivo compreender algumas das componentes que caracterizaram a Casa de São Lázaro de Lisboa, uma instituição destinada a acolher indivíduos que padeciam de lepra, no alvorecer da modernidade. Focaremos, em primeiro lugar, os aspetos relacionados com a organização da instituição, nomeadamente ao nível dos seus oficiais e funcionários, do património e rendimentos que tinha à sua disposição e dos espaços que a compunham. Em segundo lugar, analisaremos aspetos administrativos, acompanhando alguns dos episódios que marcaram as disputas jurisdicionais pelo controlo da administração da gafaria. Por fim, avançaremos as conclusões possíveis sobre os enfermos que habitavam a leprosaria e sobre a sua vivência na instituição.
This article aims to understand some of the components that characterized Lisbon’s House of Saint Lazarus, an institution designed to receive individuals suffering from leprosy, during the early modern period. Firstly, we will focus on aspects relating to the organization of the institution, concerning, in particular, its officials and employees, the patrimony and the incomes it had at its disposal, and the spaces which made it up. Secondly, we will analyse the administrative aspects, following some of the episodes that marked the jurisdictional disputes for the control of the administration of the leper-house. Finally, we will advance the possible conclusions about the patients who lived in the house and about their experience in the institution.
This article aims to understand some of the components that characterized Lisbon’s House of Saint Lazarus, an institution designed to receive individuals suffering from leprosy, during the early modern period. Firstly, we will focus on aspects relating to the organization of the institution, concerning, in particular, its officials and employees, the patrimony and the incomes it had at its disposal, and the spaces which made it up. Secondly, we will analyse the administrative aspects, following some of the episodes that marked the jurisdictional disputes for the control of the administration of the leper-house. Finally, we will advance the possible conclusions about the patients who lived in the house and about their experience in the institution.
Translated title of the contribution | Lisbon’s House of Saint Lazarus in the early modern period |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Article number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 27-45 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal |
Volume | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Leprosaria
- Leproso
- Lepra
- Lisboa