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O trabalho que nos propomos apresentar resulta da investigação que realizámos sobre o Hospital da Caridade de Viana do Castelo, cidade do norte de Portugal. Trata-se de uma instituição vocacionada para prestar assistência aos idosos que, sendo pobres, já não tinham capacidade física nem anímica para esmolar e, desse modo, angariar o seu sustento. A sua criação está estreitamente associada à iniciativa de um “brasileiro” e à sua preocupação com a condição dos entrevados. Tendo como base a documentação existente sobre a matéria, o
nosso artigo, além de referências à temática da velhice, matéria que tem merecido pouca atenção por parte da historiografia portuguesa, ocupar-se-á da fundação e dos primeiros anos do funcionamento do Hospital da Caridade, bem como dos seus beneficiários.
The work that we propose to present results from the investigation that we carried out on the Hospital da Caridade of Viana do Castelo, city of the north of Portugal. It is an institution designed to provide assistance to the elderly who, being poor, no longer had the physical or mental ability to beg for alms and thus raise their livelihood. Its creation is closely associated with the initiative of a "Brazilian" and his concern with the condition of the inmates. Based on existing documentation on this subject, our article, in addition to references to the subject of the elderly, a subject that has received little attention from Portuguese historiography, will focus on the foundation and the first years of the Hospital of Charity, as well as its beneficiaries.
The work that we propose to present results from the investigation that we carried out on the Hospital da Caridade of Viana do Castelo, city of the north of Portugal. It is an institution designed to provide assistance to the elderly who, being poor, no longer had the physical or mental ability to beg for alms and thus raise their livelihood. Its creation is closely associated with the initiative of a "Brazilian" and his concern with the condition of the inmates. Based on existing documentation on this subject, our article, in addition to references to the subject of the elderly, a subject that has received little attention from Portuguese historiography, will focus on the foundation and the first years of the Hospital of Charity, as well as its beneficiaries.
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Asilo Velhice Hospital Assistência Viana do Castelo Asylum Elderly Assistence