The fight against superstition in the lands of Castile: the work of D. Lope de Barrientos

• Grant number: 19/18585-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): February 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Leandro Alves Teodoro
• Grantee: Rodrigo Narciso da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/11111-9 - The teaching of the Christian faith in the Iberian Peninsula (14th, 15th and 16 centuries), AP.JP

Abstract

Starting from the guiding reflections of the Young Researcher's research line "O ensino da fé cristã na Península Ibérica" (Processo 2017 / 11111-9)", the scientific initiation scholarship will seek to analyze the missionary action of D. Lope de Barrientos (1382- 1469), a celebrated Castilian bishop, who stood out for combating heretical practices and promoting the basic formation of the faithful. In examining two treaties of this prelate, the Synod Book - compiled from a work of the same name written by the bishop of Leon, D. Gonzalo de Alba - and the book El tractado de la divinança, authored by D. Lope de Barrientos himself, the student should examine to what extent this ecclesiastical authority helped to root the pastoral policy of the Hispanic Church in the 15th century.