Colecção de pergaminhos da Câmara Municipal de Guimarães
Item
Country
PT
Name of institution (English)
Alfredo Pimenta City Archive
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
spa
Contact information: postal address
Rua João Lopes de Faria 12, 4800-414 Guimarães
Contact information: phone number
00351 253421246
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
arquivo.municipal@cm-guimaraes.pt
Reference number
PT/MGMR/ADP/CMGMR/A/002
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Municipality of Guimarães parchments collection
Title (official language of the state)
Colecção de pergaminhos da Câmara Municipal de Guimarães
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Câmara Municipal de Guimarães
Date(s)
1130/1671
Language(s)
por
Extent
90 parchments
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The Colecção de Pergaminhos da Câmara Municipal de Guimarães (Municipality of Guimarães) includes royal letters, sentences, public instruments, bulls, donations, and other types of documents related to the city of Guimarães, most of them from the Medieval period. This collection contains a letter by King Afonso V, dated January 13, 1440, confirming the approbation of his predecessor, King Duarte, to the “capítulos” (chapters, petitions) presented by the council of Guimarães before the Cortes (assemblies of representatives of the estates of the realm) of Évora three years before (PT/MGMR/ADP/CMGMR/A/002/8-1-5-7). One of the “capítulos” was related to the judicial jurisdiction over the Jewish community. It was established that if a Jew complained against a Christian, he should present his claim before the ordinary judges; in the opposite case, when a Christian accused a Jew, the "juíz dos órfãos" (judge of orphans) should solve the complaint. A digital copy of this document is available online:
Archival history
This collection was gathered according to the medium support of its documents. It was incorporated in the Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta (Alfredo Pimenta City Archive) at the time of its creation by decree no. 19952 on June 27, 1931.
Administrative / Biographical history
The origins of the municipality of Guimarães date back to the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal. The first “foral” (city charter) of the town of Guimarães was bestowed by Count D. Henrique and preceded Portugal's independence from the County of León.
Guimarães was the capital of the “comarca” (district) of Entre Douro e Minho, which had jurisdiction over Northwestern Portugal. Until the 14th century, the council meetings were held in the cloister of the Colegiada de Santa Maria de Guimarães but, in 1516, the judges, the "homens bons" (local elite), and the authorities of Guimarães requested King Manuel I an official headquarter for the city council. The construction of the building would have started shortly after the king's licence on August 27 of that year.
After the administrative reorganisation of the kingdom in 1835, the Northwestern region of Portugal was subdivided into three districts: Viana, Braga and Porto, and Guimarães became one of the 61 "concelhos" (municipalities) belonging to the district of Braga.
Guimarães was the capital of the “comarca” (district) of Entre Douro e Minho, which had jurisdiction over Northwestern Portugal. Until the 14th century, the council meetings were held in the cloister of the Colegiada de Santa Maria de Guimarães but, in 1516, the judges, the "homens bons" (local elite), and the authorities of Guimarães requested King Manuel I an official headquarter for the city council. The construction of the building would have started shortly after the king's licence on August 27 of that year.
After the administrative reorganisation of the kingdom in 1835, the Northwestern region of Portugal was subdivided into three districts: Viana, Braga and Porto, and Guimarães became one of the 61 "concelhos" (municipalities) belonging to the district of Braga.
Access points: locations
Access points: subject terms
Access points: document types
System of arrangement
The Colecção de pergaminhos da Câmara Municipal de Guimarães is a series of the Constituição e Regulamentação do Município (Municipality’s Constitution and Regulations) section from the Câmara Municipal de Guimarães (Municipality of Guimarães) fonds. Records are arranged chronologically and numbered sequentially.
Access, restrictions
There are no restrictions to consultation, but access to the documents is preferably made through their digital copies at:
Finding aids
Faria, João Lopes de. “Descripção de 80 Pergaminhos pertencentes à Câmara Municipal de Guimarães” (manuscript booklet available in the reading room). It includes the transcription of most of the collection.
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2021
Linked resources
Filter by property
| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta | Collections (official language of the state) |