%0 Journal Article %T A partilha do esp¨ªrito em Portugal nos s¨¦culos XVI e XVII: entre pr¨¢ticas devotas e redes familiares %A Paula Almeida Mendes %J Revista da Faculdade de Letras : Historia %D 2012 %I Universidade do Porto %X The background of this study is the problem of the reading of works on spirituality, in XVI-XVII centuries, in Portugal, especially ¡°devote lives¡±, and intending to draw attention to their dedication, and exposes, based on the analysis of three ¡°devote lives¡±, published between 1570 and 1625 and dedicated to two important female figures of the time ¨C D. Juliana de Lara e Meneses, duchess of Aveiro, and D. Ana de Lencastre, comendadeira of the monastery of Santos ¨C some questions concerning both the readings and spiritual or devotional practices, and the relations of authors and/or religious orders to influential families, especially with the female figures of these families. %K Readings %K Devote biographies %K Familiar networks %U http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/11318.pdf