Mounted Coconuts, Bezoars, Slaves, and Chinese Porcelain: The Material Culture of the Donors of the Misericórdia of Porto (1500-1640)

This study focuses on a peripheral port city, Porto, during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and examines its connections to the territories of the Portuguese expansion through the consumption of exotic commodities. It covers a period where their diffusion has been mostly observed within...

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Main Author: Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publ. [2017]
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-65
RelBib Classification:KBH Iberian Peninsula
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Confraternities History
B Charitable bequests
B Auctions History
B Material Culture History
B Wills History
B Porto (Portugal) History
B Portuguese colonies History