Lisbon before the earthquake: the Parish of Sé. Demography and Society (1563-1755).

Based on the parochial sources and applying the methodology of parishes reconstitution we have made the survey and the organization of the Sé parochial registers, parish that belongs to the city of Lisbon, for a period of one hundred and ninety two years, since 1563 to 1755. This methodology not only made possible the reconstitution of families but also the individual courses and the reconstitution of the parish of the Sé. It was also possible to know some demographic behaviour of its population, which was characterized especially by a strong mobility and mortality understandable for the fact of being an urban parish situated near the Lisbon port, in a period that the capital was living golden times, due to the maritime commerce. The professions annotated by the priests on the parochial registers had still allowed us to identify a diversity of occupations and also titles and forms of treatment that placed the individuals in different positions of the social hierarchy. It was also evident the presence of poor people, foreigners and slaves in the parish of the Sé. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]