One land, two skills
In 1758, not all issues were decided by the same power.
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The account of St. Pedro of Alvite distinguishes the civil subjects, linked to the Abbot and the convent of Refojos, from the criminals, attributed to the municipality judge of Cabeceiras. The Couto thus had an organization that is not limited to a line on the map. It's a historical description, no correspondence with the current administration. There is an important territorial distinction: the answer places Petimão in the term of Celorico of Basto. The skills of the Couto are described for other places, avoiding reading the entire parish as a single jurisdiction.
The territory seen by different rules
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Who kept the chapels?
Six chapels, different responsibilities →A later change of municipality
Passos changed municipality →A fair between places and parishes
The bulls came from Barroso →
Source and context
Basto Land Museum — Parish Memories of 1758: Alvite
Municipality — Alvite Parish Memories, 1758; transcription of José Viriato Chapel (2003)
Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.