Decrees, notices and orders (16th-19th centuries): Catalog

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This Catalog refers to the documents of the series called “Decrees, Notices and Orders”, which is part of one of the most extensive sets of documents in which the documentation produced and accumulated by Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa is structured (in this case, in the section “Constitution, Organization and Regulation”). The “Decrees, Notices and Orders” reflect not only the administrative relations established between the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and the central administration of the Crown throughout the Ancien Régime, but also the large areas of intervention of the institution and its lines of action. action, namely in terms of helping exposed children, poor prisoners, orphans and others in need in the city of Lisbon.

Authors: Historical Archives of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Year of publication: 2011
Editor: SCML