This article aims to delve into the power relations exerted in the Madeiran archipelago, in the first half of the 17th century, by analyzing both conflict and cooperation between Jerónimo Fernando, bishop of Funchal (1619-1650), and the city’s municipal officials. One must begin with the bishop’s biography and his historiographical reputation – the one that gave him the moniker of Brave Apostle –, to then study several moments of dispute and agreement between the two institutions. The investigation allowed one to recognize three different periods in which collaboration or competition prevailed, while also admitting that these relations were complex and needed to be problematized. Keywords Power Relations; Jerónimo Fernando; Bishop of Funchal; Municipal Power.

Based upon several confessions and denunciations reported in 1618 before Francisco Cardoso de Tornéo, the visiting inquisitor in the Madeiran archipelago, this study aims to analyze the practitioners of superstitious acts by presenting features related to their activities and beliefs. Through examining offenders and their offenses, in seventeenth century’s Madeira, one can attest the syncretic characteristic of these practices whilst also comparing to other cases found in Portugal. Keywords Superstition; Witchcraft; Inquisitorial Visitation; Syncretic Religious Practices.

This paper intends to achieve two objectives: the first one is to showcase the possibilities of judicial narratives – denunciations and confessions – as sources for an “History of Everyday Life”; the second one is to provide some notes for the study of everyday life of Madeiran people in the 17th century. Serving as this study’s starting point are the cases regarding love and lust that were presented before Francisco Cardoso do Tornéo, the inquisitor responsible for the second visitation of the Tribunal of the Holy Office to Madeira in 1618. Thus, with depositions on bigamy, heretical propositions, sodomy, solicitation and superstitions, one can delve into an analysis of the people involved, their space, actions, and mental framework in an attempt to examine the multiple facets of everyday life in the archipelago of Madeira in the early 17th century. Keywords: History of Everyday Life; Inquisitorial Visitation; Bigamy; Sodomy; Solicitation; Heretical Propositions; Superstitions; Archipelago of Madeira; 17th Century.

O presente artigo procura analisar A Esperança (1919-1938), uma revista católica fundada na diocese do Funchal. A ligação desta aos clérigos da Congregação da Missão, às diversas associações cristãs estabelecidas ao período e a sua longevidade (por comparação com revistas de teor semelhante) atribuem-lhe especial relevância. Com base em diversos textos e metatextos percorreram-se os 300 volumes da publicação com o objetivo de a caracterizar e desvendar a sua historicidade. Para tal, intentou-se conhecer o contexto de fundação, descobrindo os múltiplos fatores que promoveram o estabelecimento de um periódico católico num período republicano, mas igualmente estudar quem pertenceu aos seus quadros, incluindo editores, diretores e demais colaboradores. Após essas análises, o foco radicou n’A Esperança enquanto objeto físico e em constante evolução, através do estudo do título e subtítulos, capa e contracapa, dimensões, periodicidade, edições, grafismo e publicidade. Por último, fez-se uma breve caracterização da sua difusão, revelando as tipologias de aquisição, o preço e o seu público. Desse modo, pretende-se que o estudo d’A Esperança contribua, num primeiro plano, para um maior conhecimento da Boa Imprensa madeirense de inícios do século XX e, ultimamente, para um conhecimento da sociedade, da cultura e da religiosidade dos madeirenses desse período. Palavras-chave Publicações Periódicas na Madeira; Imprensa Católica; A Esperança (1919-1938); Congregação da Missão.

This article’s purpose is the study of Theater in a school context, during the “Estado Novo”, in Portugal. Our main sources were the yearbooks from 1931 till 1963, produced by “Liceu Nacional do Funchal”, which was the high school’s designation at that time. In order to do this article we began by studying the importance of theater and some of its characteristics, in that period of time. Then, we focused on the Arts, in this specific high school, analyzing the different moments of the presentation of its various arts, like the School Choir and “Horas da Arte”. Afterwards we centered in analyzing the recitals of the “Liceu”,in a non-extended study, but referring its main singularities. We ended by presenting a chart of all the plays represented in that specific period of time and place.

The present review article aims to be a bibliographical synthesis on the theme of sanctity, especially in the medieval time. The purpose is to describe, in general features, the definition of "saint" and "sanctity", showing the different kind of role models of sanctity and their main characteristics. Afterwards, the focus is giving to the cult of the saints, explaining the several theorics about the origin and some of the practices of the cult.