The Chronicon Abbatum contained in the "Chronicon Laurbanense" collected the names of the first ten abbots of the Conimbricense monastery of Lorvão that followed one another from the beginning of the 10th century to the beginning of the 12th. We propose in these lines to face the chronology of the two rectors (Dulcidio and Arias) who lived in the eleventh century under the rule of the Taifa kingdom of Badajoz, as well as the political and social context between the Duero and Mondego rivers until the city Coimbra was conquered by King Ferdinand I in 1064.

In the second half of 17th century, a separatist movement shook the foundations of the Portuguese Benedictine Congregation. Those who were involved demanded the right to choose abbots and others ecclesiastical positions. This article aims to show the social status of the main characters in this plot and the strategies they used to reach their aims. Focus is laid on the monks’ sociability and their institutional linkages.

The aim of this essay is to present a recomposition of the abbatial succession of the monastery of Saint Vincent of Vacariça during the 11th century, based upon the analysis of the diplomatic acts compilated in the medieval cartulary of Coimbra's Cathedral known as Livro preto.