In this dissertation, I will address the historical context of the creation of the Diocese of Elvas, in the year of 1570. I will analyze how the establishment of this bishopric proceeded in its specific context, highlighting its tensions, confrontations and characteristic problems, particularly between Cardinal Dom Henrique, Archbishop of Évora and the Chapter of Canons of the See. Subsequently, albeit briefly, I will present the biographies of the first five Bishops of the city, in the sense that they are key figures to instance the history of this episcopate. The understanding of their family origins and social networks are key to comprehend the potentialities and constraints showed along their path in the Diocese of Elvas. Finally, I will address the question of the reception of the Tridentine canons in Portugal and, in particular, in this this bishopric. Being a diocese created in the post-Tridentine context, I recognize that it had, in its genesis, the enormous challenge of receiving and letting itself be modeled by the Tridentine guidelines. In order to introduce the subject of this dissertation, I will start this study by reframing the history of the Council of Trent in order to, subsequently, analyse the implications of the Portuguese presence in that Council.
Date of Award | 2015 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
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Awarding Institution | - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Supervisor | David Sampaio Barbosa (Supervisor) |
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- Church
- Council of Trent
- Diocese of Elvas
Diocese de Elvas : 1570-1636 : criação, organização e recepção tridentina
Pimenta, J. M. P. F. (Student). 2015
Student thesis: Master's Thesis