RESUMO
The article explores the actions of king Dom João II (1481-1495), who spearheaded a major assistance reform in Portugal during the late fifteenth century, when charitable institutions were grappling with a serious crisis. The king and his queen, Dona Leonor, ordered two large, modern hospitals to be built, centralizing assistance work and cementing a new assistance model. Relying on chronicles and royal decrees from the period, the article focuses on the main hospital that was built then: Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos, located in Lisbon. The king and queen also intervened heavily in the practice of health agents by regulating, overseeing, and inspecting the work of doctors and apothecaries.
Assuntos
Hospitais/história , Governo/história , Regulamentação Governamental/história , História do Século XV , PortugalRESUMO
Resumo No final do século XV as instituições de assistência passavam por uma grave crise. Nesse contexto, pretende-se descortinar a ação régia de dom João II (1481-1495), protagonista de uma grande reforma assistencial em Portugal. O rei e sua rainha, dona Leonor, consolidaram um novo modelo assistencial determinando a construção de dois grandes hospitais nos moldes modernos, centralizando a prática assistencial. Por meio de crônicas e de regimentos do período, o artigo focaliza a principal obra hospitalar da época – o Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos, de Lisboa. A prática dos agentes da saúde também sofre intervenções importantes dos reis de Avis, que regulam, vigiam e fiscalizam a ação de físicos e boticários.
Abstract The article explores the actions of king Dom João II (1481-1495), who spearheaded a major assistance reform in Portugal during the late fifteenth century, when charitable institutions were grappling with a serious crisis. The king and his queen, Dona Leonor, ordered two large, modern hospitals to be built, centralizing assistance work and cementing a new assistance model. Relying on chronicles and royal decrees from the period, the article focuses on the main hospital that was built then: Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos, located in Lisbon. The king and queen also intervened heavily in the practice of health agents by regulating, overseeing, and inspecting the work of doctors and apothecaries.