The background of this study is the problem of the reading of works on spirituality, in the XVI-XVIII centuries, in Portugal, especially saints and devoute «Lives», and aims to present a list of their dedications and people to whom they were addressed, trying to call attention to some issues that relate not only to the readings and spiritual practices or devout, but also the relationships with the authors and/o...
This study aims to analyze some of the «Lives» of Portuguese religious women of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing on the topics used by biographers when they proceed to the story about the childhood of the protagonists. On the other hand, this article also seeks to show how the appreciation of the moral virtues, spiritual and devotional practices and behavior of children and young people profil...
In Portugal, in the eighteenth century, along with works that explicitly offer educational programs targeted to the education of women, will emerge a different kind of texts, also pedagogical and didactic in nature, that, in addition they can also focus on teaching various areas of knowledge (not just one program in the strict sense), recommend and prescribe both behavioral norms and moral teachings. This fits ...
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