Le pouvoir royal et les villes portugaises au Moyen Age

pp. 15-28

An RBC model with a rich fiscal sector

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Efeito de um composto organometálico de Au(III) na actividade da aquagliceroporina-3

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Bioquímica Estrutural e Funcional

Les enquêtes royales au Portugal, 1220-1343

Actes du colloque international d' Aix-en-Provence et Marseille, 19-21 mars 2009

Héraldique des sceaux du clergé séculier portugais au Moyen Âge

Ce n’est que dans les dernières années que l’héraldique au Portugal a entamé le processus de rénovation qui, en France, a commencé il y a déjà quelques décennies. Dans ce processus, l’étude de l’héraldique médiévale a été peu contemplé, restant pratiquement à faire, en bonne partir dû à l’absence d’armoriaux antérieurs au XVe siècle qui permettent de connaître les armes utilisées par les familles et les diverses entités portugaises. Pour cette raison, les sceaux portant des représentations héraldiques ont une importance extrême, car ils constituent très fréquemment la seule source pour l’étude des armoiries, ayant en plus l’avantage d’être datés avec précision et liées à des personnages ou entités qui sont connues. Cependant, la sigillographie portugaise se trouve aussi dans une phase de son évolution qui, n’étant plus embryonnaire, est encore une phase de formation. Il nous manque des catalogues, des dépouillages systématiques, des études approfondies qui permettent aux héraldistes de faire leurs recherches. C’est dans ce contexte qui est née ce partenariat entre deux médiévalistes très intéressés à la sigillographie et un spécialiste d’héraldique, qui ensemble ont décidé d’entamer l’étude des origines des représentations héraldiques dans les sceaux portugais, en commençant par les sceaux du clergé séculier, qui constitue le sujet par excellence de la recherche des deux historiens. Dans ce vaste univers sigillaire, qui concerne des personnes d’une grande variété d’origines sociales, y compris la noblesse et la riche bourgeoisie urbaine, les éléments héraldiques semblent avoir émergé seulement à partir de la fin du XIIIe siècle, et d’une façon timide. Le XIVe siècle assiste à sa diffusion dans les sceaux d’évêques, dignités et chanoines, mais ce n’est qu’au XVe siècle que l’héraldique s’impose, gagnant même une place primordiale dans quelques représentations sigillographiques. Le but de cette communication sera donc l’analyse du processus d’héraldisation des sceaux du clergé séculier portugais, entre les dernières décennies du XIIIe et le XVe siècle, pour évaluer comme s’est procédé, dans le cas portugais, le phénomène d’«acculturation héraldique» de l’emblématique épiscopale et cléricale.

La femme, le conte de fées , la 1er. République au Portugal : Ana de Castro Osório

Ana de Castro Osório, ao escrever Uma Lição da História (1909), traduz os saber, sentir e fazer literários segundo a sensibilidade feminina, à luz da vontade de consolidar a consciência nacional (sobremodo da mulher portuguesa nascida aristocrata ou burguesa). Ao analisar a narrativa, reflecte-se no presente artigo, sobre a alegoria como estratégia literária mais adequada para promover pela instrução nacional a implantação da república - objectivo tão imperioso quanto o momento económico e político, carente de acção reformadora, assim o exigia, sem dispensar quer a aristocracia, quer a burguesia

Petites villes européenes au bas Moyen Âge: perspectives de recherche

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia,

BÉRIOU, Nicole, JOSSERAND, Philippe (coord.), Prier et Combattre – Dictionnaire européen des ordres militaires au Moyen Âge, Fayard, 2009

Medievalista [Em linha]. Nº10, (Julho 2011). Direc. José Mattoso. Lisboa: IEM.

Le régime de la télévision au Portugal

In, European Review of Public Law (Spetses Conferences), 21, vol. 8, nº 3, Atenas, Outono de 1996

EFFECT – Efficient finite element code

The theme of this dissertation is the finite element method applied to mechanical structures. A new finite element program is developed that, besides executing different types of structural analysis, also allows the calculation of the derivatives of structural performances using the continuum method of design sensitivities analysis, with the purpose of allowing, in combination with the mathematical programming algorithms found in the commercial software MATLAB, to solve structural optimization problems. The program is called EFFECT – Efficient Finite Element Code. The object-oriented programming paradigm and specifically the C ++ programming language are used for program development. The main objective of this dissertation is to design EFFECT so that it can constitute, in this stage of development, the foundation for a program with analysis capacities similar to other open source finite element programs. In this first stage, 6 elements are implemented for linear analysis: 2-dimensional truss (Truss2D), 3-dimensional truss (Truss3D), 2-dimensional beam (Beam2D), 3-dimensional beam (Beam3D), triangular shell element (Shell3Node) and quadrilateral shell element (Shell4Node). The shell elements combine two distinct elements, one for simulating the membrane behavior and the other to simulate the plate bending behavior. The non-linear analysis capability is also developed, combining the corotational formulation with the Newton-Raphson iterative method, but at this stage is only avaiable to solve problems modeled with Beam2D elements subject to large displacements and rotations, called nonlinear geometric problems. The design sensitivity analysis capability is implemented in two elements, Truss2D and Beam2D, where are included the procedures and the analytic expressions for calculating derivatives of displacements, stress and volume performances with respect to 5 different design variables types. Finally, a set of test examples were created to validate the accuracy and consistency of the result obtained from EFFECT, by comparing them with results published in the literature or obtained with the ANSYS commercial finite element code.

Contribuição da detecção remota para a prospecção de jazigos de Sn, W e Au na região de Góis

A presente dissertação pretende utilizar técnicas de detecção remota como ferramenta na prospecção de jazigos de estanho, volfrâmio e ouro em Portugal Continental. O facto de ser relativamente comum a coexistência de mineralizações estano-volframíticas com mineralizações auro-argentíferas nas regiões centro e norte de Portugal, associado à importância estratégica e económica destes metais, tanto a nível nacional, como europeu, faz destas regiões um dos mais apetecíveis alvos para a prospecção e exploração mineira em Portugal. No contexto português, as ferramentas de detecção remota têm vindo a ser aplicadas com alguma regularidade e nas mais diversas temáticas das Geociências. Contudo, exceptuando alguns trabalhos, principalmente dos anos oitenta e noventa, são escassos os casos conhecidos da aplicação específica da detecção remota na prospecção de recursos minerais metálicos em Portugal. Assim, através da utilização de critérios de fotointerpretação, da aplicação de técnicas de processamento digital a imagens de satélite, assim como da integração dos resultados obtidos com dados de cartografia geológica, de altimetria e geofísicos, pretende-se a selecção de zonas potencialmente relacionadas com a ocorrência dos referidos metais na região de Góis-Castanheira de Pêra. A selecção das zonas potenciais tem como objectivo a escolha de alvos para posterior estudo em pormenor, cujo alcance já não é abrangido pelo âmbito desta dissertação. Para além da aplicação das técnicas de detecção remota e da integração de diferentes fontes de informação em ambiente SIG, foram realizados trabalhos de campo com o intuito de permitir a validação preliminar dos resultados obtidos.

The early metallurgy in Southwestern Iberia: metals from the Chalcolithic Settlement of São Pedro (Redondo)

Archaeological excavations carried out in the archaeological site of São Pedro (Southern Portugal) revealed a Chalcolithic settlement occupied in different moments of the 3rd millennium BC. The material culture recovered includes different types of materials, such as ceramics, lithics and metals. The later comprises about 30 artefacts with different typologies such as tools (e.g. awls, chisels and a saw) and weapons (e.g. daggers and arrowheads) mostly belonging to the 2nd and 3rd quarter of the 3rd millennium BC. In the present work the collection of chalcolithic metallic artefacts recovered in São Pedro was characterized. Analytical studies involved micro energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (micro-EDXRF) to determine elemental composition, together with optical microscopy and Vickers microhardness testing for microstructural characterisation and hardness determination. Main results show copper with variable amounts of arsenic and very low content of other impurities, such as iron. Moreover, nearly half of the collection is composed by arsenical copper alloys (As > 2 wt.%) and an association was found between arsenic content and typology since the weapons group (mostly daggers) present higher values than tools (mostly awls). These results suggest some criteria in the selection of arsenic-rich copper ores or smelting products. Furthermore, after casting an artefact would have been hammered, annealed and sometimes, finished with a hammering operation. Additionally, microstructural variations in this collection reveal somewhat different operational conditions during casting, annealing and forging, as expected in such a primitive metallurgy. Moreover the operational sequence seems to be used to achieve the required shape to the object, rather than to intentionally make the alloy harder. Overall, this study suggests that Chalcolithic metallurgists might have a poor control of the addition of arsenic and/or were unable to use this element to increase the hardness of tools and weapons. Finally, the compositions, manufacturing processes and hardness were compared to those from neighbouring regions and different chronological periods.

Des histories de famille. La dévotion aux Trois Maries en France du XIVe au XVe siècle. Textes et images

La légende des Trois Maries, les demi-soeurs nées du trinubium de sainte Anne, fut largement diffusée à partir du XIIIe siècle par la Légende dorée de Jacques de Voragine. L’émergence précoce du culte et de l’iconographie des Trois Maries à Paris, à partir du milieux du XIVe siècle, a été favorisée par la rencontre entre un miracle de guérison, en ordre religieux: les Carmes, en quête de légitimation et une reine de France: Jeanne d’Evreux, dont la descendance fut exclue de la succession au trône. L’iconographie des Trois Maries, dont Jean Venette, auteur carme, raconta l’histoire dans un long récit versifi é, est attestée dans les manuscrits et sur d’autres supports.