Lessons from Portuguese bishops on the correction of Christian customs (15th and early 16th century)

• Grant number: 19/26692-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Leandro Alves Teodoro
• Grantee: Flávia Catusso Daisson Santos
• 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

This proposal intends to analyze the role assigned to the bishops in Portuguese society of the fifteenth century to correct the conduct of other clergy as well as the laity. With an emphasis on the constitutions of two archbishops of Braga, D. Luís Pires and D. Diogo de Sousa, this study will examine how their actions helped stimulate clergy reform and create behavioral parameters for the laity. In addition, this Scientific Initiation research will analyze the displacements between the two texts in order to map similarities and differences between the synods celebrated by each of these two archbishops in the archdiocese of Braga. (AU)