2024/09/30 by Miguel Aguiar · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Medieval Architecture and Archaeology #Medieval Iberian Studies #Medieval and Early Modern Iberia
paper · pdf · doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2024.220827
openalex publication_date 2024/09/30 · openalex created_date 2024/10/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
This article aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of a theoretical perspective. It argues that, in medieval society, the ecclesia, in its threefold sense (the community of the faithful, ecclesiastical hierarchies, and cult buildings) played a determinant role in organising different interlocked social relations. Thus, this role is critical to understanding the reproduction of dominant groups, whose organisation must be conceived through the ecclesia. This article is based on the Portuguese aristocracy. The historiographical production of the last few decades on different themes is synthesised and organised according to this theoretical perspective, seeking to highlight its operability and the paths it opens for a more grounded understanding of medieval social dynamics.