The water culture of the Order of Christ in the making of a self-sufficient and sustainable hydric system

Rodrigues, Ana Duarte; Batista, Desidério; Marques, Clara; García-Pereda, Ignacio; Puga, João

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The water culture of the Order of Christ in the making of a self-sufficient and sustainable hydric system

2023-08Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Rodrigues, Ana Duarte
dc.contributor.author	Batista, Desidério
dc.contributor.author	Marques, Clara
dc.contributor.author	García-Pereda, Ignacio
dc.contributor.author	Puga, João
dc.date.accessioned	2023-12-13T11:16:19Z
dc.date.available	2023-12-13T11:16:19Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08
dc.description.abstract	Focusing on the Convent of Christ in Portugal, this article presents an overview of the power and control exercised by the Order of Christ over the territory's water management, inside the monastic enclosure and over the Nabao River, from the late fifteenth century until the nineteenth century. Based on multi-interdisci-plinary methodologies, we argue that the monastic enclosure was multi-functional, sus-tainable, self-sufficient and the stage for the most sophisticated hydraulic system of early modern Portugal. Following a recent review, and based on archival research, a 3D re-construction and mapping tools, we demonstrate that the system did not work exclusively through gravity. In an early phase, pumps were in use at the Convent of Christ circa 1537 to remove water from cisterns in a technology transferred from ships into gardens. Moreover, this article also reveals the total control of the Order wielded over the Nabao as a source of energy through to the abolition of Religious Orders in 1834.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi	10.26882/histagrar.090e06d	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	2340-3659
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/20218
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones	pt_PT
dc.relation	HORTO AGUAM SALUTAREM - Water Wise in Gardens in the Early Modern Period
dc.relation	Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Hydraulic system	pt_PT
dc.subject	Water wheels	pt_PT
dc.subject	Reuse water	pt_PT
dc.subject	Water pumps	pt_PT
dc.title	The water culture of the Order of Christ in the making of a self-sufficient and sustainable hydric system	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage	102	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	90	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	71	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Historia Agraria: Revista de agricultura e historia rural	pt_PT
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