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Between the 14th and 15th centuries, several Braga archbishopric clerics were described by their superiors as negligent and careless with churches and monasteries possessions. Concerned with such disregard of religious goods - especially of the churches’ earnings - and with the damage to the sacred traditions and customs, Portuguese bishops and archbishops began to reinforce and innovate the prescriptions about the maintenance of ecclesiastical possessions. Through letters and constitutions read and promulgated in the Entre-Douro-e-Minho synods, the archbishops warned their associates about the destroyed vineyards, the fallen walls, the abandoned and empty churches, and the estates under the unconditional care of laypeople. Given the various tribulations suffered by the kingdom during this period and the development of crafts in northern Portugal cities and towns, our purpose is to map some innovations in the regulation of clerical properties that sought to safeguard the Portuguese’ sacred and necessary traditions faithful.
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