Maňas, Vladimír. Hudební aktivity náboženských korporací na Moravě v raném novověku [Religious Brotherhoods and Their Musical Activities in Moravia in Early Modern Times]. Doctoral thesis, Masaryk University, Brno (CZ), 2008. Pp. 223. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Rudolf Pečman Contact: vladimir.manas@seznam.cz Abstract: The dissertation examines the musical activities of religious brotherhoods in Moravia in early modern times. It contributes to our knowledge of confraternities of Literati in

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... from the fi fteenth to the beginning of twentieth century. It expands the list of known confraternities of Literati from 30 (as had been presented by Jiří Fukač) to 55. The complete thesis, in Czech, is available in pdf at http://is.muni.cz/th/13678/ ff_d/ Pinho, Joana Maria Balsa Carvalho de. The Confraternity of Mercy and the Portuguese Architecture of the Sixteen Century. Doctoral thesis, University of Lisbon, in progress. Abstract: The confraternities of Mercy were the most important confraternities in Portugal in the Modern Age, encourage assistance and charity, popular religiosity and artistic manifestations. This investigation examines the main artistic specifi cities of the architecture promoted by the confraternities of Mercy during the sixteenth century, its characterization, evolution, diffusion and signifi cances. Abstract: This dissertation centres upon the visual culture of charitable institutions that cared for foundlings in fi fteenth-and sixteenth-century Bologna, Florence, Rome, and Siena. It demonstrates how images and ritual acts shaped perceptions of abandoned children, their patrons and supporters (including confraternities), and the practice of foundling care in the early modern Italian city.