OIC_SESSION 1
Oct. 29 2026, 2:30 p.m., Humanities Lab Room

Medieval Portuguese Church: Institutions and Spaces

Session Organizers: Maria Cristina Cunha, FLUP/CITCEM (Ciência ID 6A14-3395-4A4F); Maria João Oliveira e Silva, FLUP/CITCEM (Ciência ID 091A-86CB-E560) CITCEM Research Group: Sociabilities and Religious Practices

Session Summary: This OIC presents three perspectives on three medieval Portuguese ecclesiastical institutions—a gafaria, a monastery, and a collegiate church—based on research conducted by the respective authors as part of the Master’s program in Medieval Studies and focused on specific issues related to each of these institutions.

Names of the speakers and the titles of their presentations:
Joana Ferreira – The Gafaria of São Lázaro do Porto (13th–15th centuries): a contribution to the study of its institutional organization
André Coutinho – The Five Judgments Handed Down Against the Monastery of São João de Tarouca: Manifestations of Royal Centralism in the 14th Century
Joana Moura – “To discover one altar by uncovering another.” Relations Between the Monastery of St. Francis and the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Oliveira in Guimarães During the Middle Ages

Session Moderators and Discussants:
João Luís Fontes, FCSH-U.Nova (Science ID 9D1F-EF62-93F2)
Maria Amélia Campos, University of Coimbra (Science ID E317-F872-2CA6)

The program is now available!