As it turns out, laws against the Roma began in 1509, with King Manuel I
The discovery, says historian Francisco Mangas, is another incentive to study the Roma presence in Portugal.

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The discovery, says historian Francisco Mangas, is another incentive to study the Roma presence in Portugal.

Power relations between the centre and the peripheries were not only administrative, but symbolic and staged. The imposition of rituals served to create an illusion of royal omnipresence.

With humour and historical research, the book “Sabedoria do Convento” explores friendship, work, and love, connecting the past and the present. We spoke with the authors, Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita.

Historian Irene Pimentel says that most research into refugees from the Nazi and Fascist regimes who passed through the former Portuguese colonies in Africa has yet to be done.

Orlando Raimundo, a journalist and researcher specialising in Portugal's Estado Novo regime, has died.
