Below, we highlight only the most representative articles in the journal that are directly related to history. In the field of cultural history, the following works are worth mentioning: ‘The Pombaline reform of humanities education’ (António Cruz); ‘Francisco Sanches and the scholastic thought of the time’ (Lúcio Craveiro da Silva); “Medieval texts from the ‘readings’ of philosophy at Santa Cruz de Coimbra” (António Cruz); “Literature and medicine” (Luís de Pina); “Verney, Ribeiro Sanches and Diderot in the history of universities” (Luís de Pina). In the field of the history of science, the following articles are of interest:
“Gynaecological study of a queen” (Raquel Piloto); “The Portuguese in the history of geriatrics” (Luís de Pina); “Thesaurus Pavpervm” (Luís de Pina and Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira); “An unpublished manuscript of Pedro Hispano’s ‘Liber de Conservanda Sanitate’“ (Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira). In the field of international relations, the following article is noteworthy: “Letters from Mendo de Foios Pereira, Portuguese envoy to Castile (1679-1686)” (António Cruz). With regard to the history of Portuguese discoveries, the following titles are included: “The fortification of the Bay in a study by Domingos Moniz Barreto” (António Cruz); “The municipal organisation of Porto in the time of Prince Henry” (Torquato de Sousa Soares); “Two studies on Prince Henry” (Artur Magalhães de Basto); “Porto from protohistory to the time of Prince Henry” (Rogério Azevedo); “Porto at the dawn of the discoveries” (António Cruz). With regard to political history, the following texts are noteworthy: “Introduction to the study of ‘Regeneration’“ (António Cruz); “The complex nature of the 1385 election” (Sérgio da Silva Pinto). With regard to regional history, the following studies are noteworthy: “Medicine in Porto in the 15th century” (Luís de Pina); “Lotteries in Porto in the 18th century” (J. M. Pereira de Oliveira); “A brief note on the history of humanistic education in Porto” (Artur de Magalhães Basto). In terms of religious history, the following works are included: “Book of the records of the novices of the Oratory of Porto” (Eugénio Santos); “News from the Portuguese East in 1658” (António Cruz). The area of social history consists of the following works: “The Portuguese court in Alafões (1169)” (António Cruz); “The count families of Porto in the 10th and 11th centuries” (José Mattoso); “The French in Portugal at the end of the 18th century (contributions to a study)” (Luís António de Oliveira Ramos). Finally, in the field of historiography, the article “History, historiography and historiology” (Carlos Eduardo de Soveral) is worth mentioning.
This work is financed by national funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P, in the scope of the projects UIDB/04311/2020 and UIDP/04311/2020.