As freguesias do Distrito de Vila Real nas 'Memórias paroquiais' de 1758 : memórias, história e património /

As freguesias do Distrito de Vila Real nas 'Memórias paroquiais' de 1758 : memórias, história e património /

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Imprint:Braga : Universidade do Minho, 2006.
Description:723 p. : ill., col. maps ; 31 cm.
Language:Portuguese
Series:Portugal nas Memorias Paroquiais de 1758 ; 3
Portugal nas memórias paroquiais de 1758 ; 3.
Subject:
Parishes -- Portugal -- Vila Real (District) -- History.
Parishes.
Travel.
Vila Real (Portugal : District) -- Religious life and customs -- History -- 18th century.
Vila Real (Portugal : District) -- Description and travel.
Portugal -- Vila Real (District)
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8550378
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Other authors / contributors:Borralheiro, Rogério.
Matos, Henrique.
Capela, José Viriato Eiras.
Notes:The 'Memorias Paroquiais' (Parish Descriptions) arise from a series of attempts to gather information about Portugal, by means of a questionnaire, beginning early in the 18th century. They were continued by the work of Fr. Luís Cardoso, who, between 1747 and 1751, published two volumes of his Geographical Dictionary, which remained incomplete. The project was once more taken up in 1758, with government support, when the original questionnaire was enlarged and divided into three parts, containing questions on the parish, the mountains and the rivers. The inquiry was directed at parish priests and the quality of the responses is extremely varied, depending on the effort and capacity of each cleric.
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