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INSTRUMENTO (UM) Português de Solidariedade Social no Século XVI: O Compromisso da Misericórdia de Lisboa. Lisboa. 1992. - INSTRUMENTO (UM) Português de Solidariedade Social no Século XVI: O Compromisso da Misericórdia de Lisboa . Reedição fac-similada com Introdução, Comentário e Notas de Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão. Lisboa: Chaves Ferreira, 1992. 1 v.: il.; 360 mm. A complete facsimile reprint of the ”Compromise of Queen Leonor” from 1520, a precious illuminated manuscript containing the original regulations of the Misericórdia of Lisbon, with commentary by Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão and paleographic reading by Raphael Eduardo D'Azevedo Basto, former Curator of the Torre do Tombo Archive. The Misericórdia of Lisbon was founded on August 15, 1498, by Queen Leonor, widow of King John II, under the invocation of Our Lady of Mercy, in the Lisbon Cathedral. The Compromise – approved by King Manuel I and confirmed by Pope Alexander VI – is the founding statute of the institution: it defines the principles that would guide the charitable action of the Brotherhood, organized around the fourteen works of mercy, seven spiritual and seven corporal. It served as a model for the foundation of hundreds of Misericórdias in Portugal and overseas territories – in Brazil, Africa, and Asia – becoming the legal and moral matrix of the largest social assistance network in modern Europe. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate