Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study demonstrates the extent to which judicial and quasi-judicial records can be used to examine the implications of crime in women’s lives, whether as victims or culprits.
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Book: ‘Women, Crime, and Forgiveness in Early Modern Portugal – Editor’s Note
Posted on 29 March 2015.
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Travel: A day trip to Quinta da Aveleda and another place in time – Portugal
Posted on 27 March 2015.
By Joy Hanford, Contributor (*) With Spring arriving in the north of Portugal my family and I are ready to shake off the waterlogged winter, embrace the bloom and quickly fill up our weekends and holidays with as many day trips as possible. There are no shortages of palaces, convents and castles to visit, hikes […]
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FLAD: University of the Azores gets grant for exchange program with United States – Portugal
Posted on 26 March 2015.
The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) and the University of the Azores have signed a new protocol which provides funds from FLAD to promote travel between the University of the Azores and research institutions in the United States. FLAD has committed to a grant of €100.000 to the initiative starting in 2015. Faculty, researchers, undergraduate and […]
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Report: Portuguese lost 20% of its active population to migration – Portugal
Posted on 24 March 2015.
Portugal is today the European Union country with the highest emigration in proportion of its population. There are more than two million Portuguese emigrants, meaning more than 20% of the Portuguese population lives outside the country of their birth. Over recent decades, the growth in the number of Portuguese emigrants has been greater than the […]
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Book: ‘Saint Christopher’ A Novella by Eça de Queirós – Editor’s Note
Posted on 24 March 2015.
Set in the Middle Ages but written in the early twentieth century, Eça de Queirós’s novella, Saint Christopher, is a powerful indictment of those who profess the value of morality but who do not practice it. The narrative is just as relevant today—when issues of religion, hypocrisy, and social justice are more urgent than ever—as […]
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Hunt goes on: Is the Madeleine McCann case to be shelved? – Update
Posted on 23 March 2015.
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, John Tully, is concerned about the Operation Grange investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann but, contrary to press reports, he has not called for the investigation to be closed. What is in question is the scale of the operation in the light of […]
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