“What do family archives tell us about the social history of Portugal between the 14th and 19th centuries? An unprecedented project around the policy of entails and the law of the morgadio, funded by the European Research Council, gave rise to a database with thousands of unpublished documentary records in the History of Portugal. Report on the universe of the oldest archives in the country that are still kept in family homes.”
The Vinculum project was featured in the national press (Expresso), with an exclusive that we now share with the whole community.
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Source: Expresso, Section E, 06-16-2023
Author: Ana Soromenho.
Photography: Antonio Pedro Ferreira