In 1834, by Decree of 30 May and as part of the general ecclesiastical reform undertaken by Joaquim António de Aguiar, Minister and Secretary of State, and carried out by the Commission for the General Reform of the Clergy (1833-1837), all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and religious houses of all religious orders were extinguished, with the female houses remaining subject to their respective bishops until the death of the last nun, the date of their definitive closure. The process of extinction of religious houses involved the drawing up of hundreds of inventories currently in the Torre do Tombo National Archive. This wealth of information makes it possible to carry out countless archival, history, and art history studies associated with economic and sociological studies. In this study, we intend to focus on the inventories of the Santo André de Rendufe monastery and the Convent of Christ in Tomar. The fact that both institutions have a Benedictine character (in the first case, black monks and in the second, friars of the Order of Christ) but are located in different places in the kingdom will allow us to make comparisons, propose hypotheses and draw conclusions that may help us to understand better how the above-mentioned processes of extinction of religious houses and the collection of their archives and documentary collections were conducted.

Maria João Oliveira e Silva

Joana Lencart

Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra

The Bulletin of the Archive of the University of Coimbra is published twice a year and it is dedicated to the issue of papers and research in the areas of Archivology and History, giving preference to the existing funds at the Archive of the University of Coimbra. Aims to stimulate the multidisciplinary discussion within the Information Science and History and to publicize the activity in these areas developed in Portugal and in particular at the referred Archive.  The Bulletin had its first issue in 1973, and from the present (Vol. XXV, 2012), is replaced by online edition only, and is open to collaboration with national and foreign researchers.

The Bulletin of the Archive of the University of Coimbra is a biannual journal dedicated to publishing papers and research in the fields of Archivology and History, with a preference for the existing collections at the Archive of the University of Coimbra. It aims to stimulate multidisciplinary discussions within Information Science and History, while also promoting activities in these areas conducted in Portugal, particularly at the mentioned Archive. The Bulletin first published its issue in 1973, and from 2012 (Vol. XXV) onwards, it is available exclusively in an online edition and is open to collaboration with national and international researchers.

《Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra》是一本每年出版两期的期刊，专注于档案学和历史领域的论文和研究，优先考虑科英布拉大学档案馆现有的档案。期刊旨在促进信息科学和历史领域的多学科讨论，并宣传在葡萄牙及特别是在上述档案馆开展的相关活动。该期刊于1973年首次出版，从2012年（第25卷）起，仅以在线版形式发布，并欢迎国内外研究者的合作。

The extinction inventories of convents in 1834

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