Charity, Ritual, and Business at the Edge of Empire: The Misericórdia of Macau

Scholarly analyses of the Misericórdias first appeared at the end of the nineteenth century, but it was Charles Boxer who first examined them on a par with the other institutions of local power that he judged to be fundamental in the Portuguese Empire, the Câmaras (municipal councils). Boxer cons...

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Published in:	Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World
Format:	Book chapters
Published:	Routledge 2008
Subjects:	Book chapters
Online Access:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315246369-17/charity-ritual-business-edge-empire-miseric%C3%B3rdia-macau