Hälsorelaterade sjukdomar ökar och medicinska kostnader för samhället växer. Mycket av detta skulle kunna förebyggas med ett hälsosammare levnadsmönster. Samtidigt visas det att barn i skolan har mindre motivation till fysisk aktivitet än tidigare. Denna studie vill undersöka om de yttre, inre och autonoma motivationsfaktorer som fått några vuxna att göra livsstilsförändringar är desamma som motiverade dem att vara fysiskt aktiva som unga. Syftet är också att studera vad som motiverar dessa vuxna att fortsätta var fysiskt aktiva. Tre semistrukturerade kvalitativa studier genomfördes på en träning- och motionsanläggning i mellersta Sverige. Målgruppen var tre stycken medelålders kvinnor som varit fysisk aktiv som unga men som haft ett uppehåll för att sedan göra en livsstilsförändring och börja med fysisk aktivitet. Resultaten i studien visar att samtliga deltagare motiverats av positiv inre och yttre motivation som unga och att den autonoma motivationsfaktorn ”glädje” är viktigaste delen för dem både när de var yngre och som vuxen. Positiv motivation och en fördomsfri miljö fick dem att fortsätta träna efter livsstilsförändringen. / Health-related diseases and medical costs in society are growing. Much of this could be prevented with healthier lifestyles. At the same time, it appears that children in schools have less motivation for physical activity than before. This study wants to examine whether the internal, external and autonomous motivation factors with some adults to make lifestyle changes are the same that motivated them to be physically active as young. The aim is also to study what motivates these adults continue to be physically active. Three semi-structured qualitative studies were carried out on a training and exercise facilities in central Sweden. The target group was three middle-aged women who were physical active as young but have had a break and then gone through a lifestyle change and start getting physical active again. The results of the study shows that all participants were motivated by positive internal and external motivation that young and that autonomous motivation like joy is the most important part for both when they were younger, and as an adult. Positive motivation and an open-minded environment prompted them to continue training after the lifestyle change.

The overall aim of the present thesis was to describe the meaning of living with heart failure as a middle-aged person. In particular, the relation between the persons’ life-situations and formal care was explored. An additional aim was to uncover the meaning of support as experienced by people living with heart failure in middle age. The study used a caring science perspective and a reflective lifeworld approach, founded on phenomenological philosophy. Interviews were used for data collection and data were analyzed using essence-seeking analysis. The thesis is based on four empirical studies and the results were synthesized into a general structure, presented in the thesis. The results of study I illuminate influences and changes to the life-situation that people living with heart failure in middle age can experience. The social world, i.e. intersubjective relationships, vocational situations, and formal care emerge as fundamental to the individuals, as well as the individuals’ own experiences of themselves and their body. The life-situation is frail and depicted by insecurity and uncertainty. The results of study II illuminate that people living with heart failure in middle age experience exposure and vulnerability in relation to formal care. While the context of formal care provides alleviation and medical treatments, the results at the same time revealed experiences of dependency and unclear participation. The results from studies III and IV clarify that support means to know that help is available concerning practical matters or flexibility at work. However, it also reveals that support means a sense of security or safety in relation to other people, such as friends, families, employees, and formal carers. Knowledge, and control are central aspects of the phenomenon of support in relation to heart failure. The phenomenon’s general structure illustrate that living with heart failure as a middle-aged person is depicted by ambiguity in relation to other persons, daily life and formal care. The general structure is intertwined with an altered experience of the body, and a life-situation in a borderland between health and illness. The phenomenon is illuminated by the meaning constituents: A borderland between health and illness, and A tension between what is supportive and what is not. The phenomenon’s outer horizon is understood as A changed body and a threat against life, meaning that the phenomenon stands out against a background of the limits which the body sets on the persons. The present study illustrates that support from others give people living with heart failure in middle age inner strength which they need if they are to adjust their life goals. However, the results also revealed that formal care at times is insufficient and the support which the patient’s need is forsaken. When people living with heart failure in middle age are to take on their own responsibilities for their health process they need information, knowledge and to be participating in care. Furthermore, formal carers need to focus more on the patient’s social roles and networks. A lifeworld-led perspective in formal care can unite a biomedical and a caring science perspective, and formal carers will be able to pay more attention to the patients’ changed life-situation rather than focusing the patient’s failing hearts.

A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo demonstrar a finalidade catequética da obra intitulada Laudes e Cantigas Espirituais escrita pelo beneditino André Dias na primeira metade do século XV. Os versos de Mestre André parecem assumir um valor pedagógico à medida que visam a transmitir a mensagem do Evangelho inclusive com o propósito de edificar os cristãos a partir da exemplaridade de Jesus e Maria. Sob esta ótica, o laudário parece enfatizar uma religiosidade mais intimista, mais palpável e acessível à esfera divina sem prescindir, contudo, de seu aspecto devocional. Desta forma, através das análises de três grupos temáticos do laudário de Mestre André (Loas de Natal, Loas e Prantos de Nossa Senhora e Laudas da Paixão), este estudo visa a evidenciar os elementos que assinalam a finalidade doutrinária das composições em questão. À luz da tradição laudística medieval - cujo centro difusor fora a Península Itálica -, procuraremos apontar, ainda, o possível diálogo entre as laudes portuguesas e os escritos dos italianos Feo Belcari e Jacopone da Todi. / This research aims at showing the catechetic function of Laudes e Cantigas Espirituais written by the Benedictine Monk Andre Dias in the first half of the fifteenth century. The verses of Master André seem to assume an educational value as they aim at transmitting the Gospels message in order to edify christians through the exemplarity of Jesus and Mary. Within this scope, the lauds seem to emphasize some kind of more intimist, more palpable sense of religiosity, as well as more accessible to the divine sphere. However, the lauds still do not neglect their devotional aspect. Thus, through the analyses of three thematic groups, Master Andres laudarium (Loas de Natal Christmas Loas - , Loas e Prantos de Nossa Senhora Loas and Sorrows from Our Lady - and Laudas da Paixão Lauds of the Passion), this study seeks to highlight the elements which determine the doctrinary functions of analyzed compositions. Based on the medieval laudistic tradition, which was mainly diffused in the Italian Peninsula, we shall attempt at pointing out a possible relationship between the Portuguese Lauds and the writings by the Italian writers Feo Belcari and Jacopone da Todi.

Thesis advisor: Callista Roy / <bold>Problem</bold>: Cancer patients lack information and support needed to make the transition to survivorship. This problem was addressed by testing a psycho-educational group intervention, the Mid-Life Directions Workshop, for its effect on hope and quality of life in midlife cancer survivors. <bold>Participants</bold>: Twenty-six midlife adults (23 women, 3 men, mean age = 54.3 years, range 40-65) with breast cancer (n = 19), colorectal cancer (n = 4), lung cancer (n = 2), and malignant melanoma (n = 1) stages I, II and III were recruited from two hospital-affiliated Cancer Centers in the Northeastern United States. Mean time since completion of active primary treatment was 11.5 months (SD = 6.67, range, 0-28 months). Most participants were non-Hispanic (96.2%) and white (100%) with some college or a college degree (88.5%). <bold>Method</bold>: A multimethod experimental design randomly assigned 17 participants to the treatment group, receiving the workshop in six 2-hour sessions, and 9 participants to the control group, receiving a nutrition program in six 1-hour sessions. Hope was measured pre- and post-intervention using the Herth Hope Index as was quality of life using the Quality of Life Instrument, Patient/Cancer Survivor Version. Written reflections were created by treatment group participants post-intervention. <bold>Findings</bold>: The quantitative measures revealed a significant increase in hope (p = .047) for the control group. The treatment group reported positive effects on hope and quality of life by means of written reflections. Six themes emerged: 1) examining what is, 2) feeling connected, 3) accepting what is, even the painful, 4) embracing one's life experiences, 5) exploring new possibilities, and 6) moving forward with enthusiasm. <bold>Implications</bold>: The Mid-Life Directions Workshop demonstrated positive effects on hope and quality of life for this group of midlife cancer survivors. The richness of the qualitative findings highlights the importance of multimethod design for future studies. The Nutrition Program also merits further study. This study provides an increased understanding of interventions that may support hope in midlife cancer survivors following active primary treatment. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2012. / Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing. / Discipline: Nursing.

La vision du monde rural du haut Moyen Age a été profondément modifiée durant ces dernières décennies grâce à l'archéologie préventive. Les grands travaux d'aménagement franciliens depuis les années 1980 ont offert l'occasion de fouiller de nombreux sites d'habitat avec plusieurs étapes dans cette exploration et un changement d'échelle dans les ouvertures. Jusqu'à cette période, les rares exemples d'habitats connus avaient nourri une vision pessimiste des historiens tels Georges Duby et Robert Fossier (Nissen sous presse) sur les conditions de vie et des pratiques agricoles durant le haut Moyen Age. / No English summary available.

Partindo de um contexto social demarcado por transformações sociais, como o incremento do uso de tecnologia e a inserção da mulher no mercado de trabalho, com a necessidade de maior flexibilização e preparo para nele se inserirem os cidadãos, bem como por transformações no âmbito das relações interpessoais, em especial as familiares, objetivamos, nesta tese, compreender como homens na meia-idade vivenciam esta fase do seu desenvolvimento. A meia-idade é um período demarcado por mudanças, em especial psicológicas para os homens. Isso porque a percepção do envelhecimento, da proximidade da fase adulta dos filhos e a competição com pessoas mais jovens no mercado do trabalho podem deflagrar a chamada “crise da meia-idade". Esse momento pode tanto levar a uma reflexão e a um re-direcionamento existencial como a uma estagnação, demarcada pelo marasmo e receio de empreender mudanças, pois pode haver uma percepção de que a proximidade da morte faz parte de sua vida. Nosso olhar para os homens, nessa fase do desenvolvimento, norteou-se pelas facetas da paternidade, da sexualidade e de seus projetos de vida. A metodologia utilizada foi a fenomenologia ontológico-hermenêutica de Martin Heidegger em que a interpretação do existir humano é a principal tônica. Foram entrevistados sete homens com idade entre 41 e 52 anos, nível socioeconômico A e B, casados e com filhos adolescentes. Os resultados evidenciam que a inautenticidade – modo de ser em que o referencial são “os outros" – mostrou-se como principal norteadora da vida desses homens, embora a autenticidade – assunção das responsabilidades existenciais –, também tenha se revelado. A afetividade, desvelada na preocupação com os filhos foi o principal sentido dos discursos. A inautenticidade revelou-se quando o futuro pessoal dos homens mesclou-se ao dos filhos, não havendo uma percepção de indivíduo, mas sim de que seu papel social norteia seu existir. A autenticidade foi vislumbrada quando a preocupação com suas relações afetivas e seus projetos de vida foram colocados em pauta. O envelhecimento mostrou-se tanto como impeditivo de mudanças, tendo no comodismo sua principal marca, como despertou questionamentos a respeito do modo de vida individual e afetivo. Esses aspectos evidenciam que a meia-idade, vivenciada no mundo pós-moderno, pode propiciar, por meio dos questionamentos que envolvem o existir humano, oportunidades de transformação no contexto das relações interpessoais, abrangendo o mundo familiar, bem como o social mais amplo. Essa fase do desenvolvimento pode proporcionar às novas gerações valores e crenças que lhes oportunizem reflexões e modelos de conduta que sejam alternativos aos que estão presentes nos relacionamentos sociais. A aproximação entre as gerações e a transmissão de questionamentos, dúvidas e anseios podem ser importantes caminhos a serem trilhados por todos os que se preocupam com o existir humano. Como horizontes, percebemos que os sentidos e significados do existir humano são múltiplos e que a fenomenologia ontológico-hermenêutica pode trazer contribuições para a ampliação da compreensão da existência ao desvelar, por intermédio da linguagem, nosso modo de ser. / Starting from a social context marked by social transformations such as the improving use of technology and the influx of working women in the job market and the necessity of a greater flexibility and education of the citizens to make part of it, as well as the transformations occurring in the interpersonal relations, specially those happening within the family, this thesis aims at understanding how the middle-aged men act and experience this development phase of life. The middle age is a period that is marked by changes, specially those psychological ones to men. This happens due the perception of getting old, the proximity of the adult phases of the children and the competition with younger people in the job market, which can blow up the “middle age crisis". This moment can lead to a deeper thinking and to a re-direction of his existence as well as it can lead to stagnation marked by apathy and fear of making changes once the perception of the proximity to death makes part of his life. The glancing to the men at this phase of development was given emphasizing aspects as paternity, sexuality and projects of life. The method employed was based on the Martin Heidegger’s ontological-hermeneutical phenomenology, which focuses the human existence as main point. Seven men with age ranging from 41 to 52 years old were interviewed, having a socio-economical level A or B, married, and having adolescent children. The results show that inauthentic existence - a way of being where the reference is based on the “others" - revealed that main guiding line to those men in this period of their life, although the authentic existence – the assumption of existence’s responsibilities – has been shown up. The affection mixed up the deep worries towards the children was the main sense in the discourses. The inauthentic existence appeared when the future of the children was mixed up with their future, not existing a perception of the individual but the social role that guided his existence. The authentic existence was glimpsed when his worries and preoccupations with affective relations and projects of life were put in evidence. The aging process showed as being an obstacle to changes due to the self-indulgence as well as it raised some questions about of his individual and affection way of living. Those aspects put in evidence the middle age happening in a post-modern world may cause by means of questioning the human existence, in a series of transformation opportunities in a context of interpersonal relations, including the family and the society. This phase of development may proportionate to the coming generations values and beliefs that may give them opportunity to reason over the models and behavior patterns that are alternative ones to those present in the social relationships. The coming up of generations and the transmission of questionings doubts and hopes may be important tracks to be followed by those who really worry about the human existence. We can perceive as horizons that the meanings of the human existence are multiple and the phenomenology ontological-hermeneutical may contribute to wide the comprehension of the existence and may unveil by means of the language our way of living.

institutochedraui@gmail.com / Objective: To assess predictors of sexual function in mid-aged women. Methods: We analyzed data of 262 healthy sexually active women (40–59 years) who filled out the Female Sexual Functioning Index (FSFI), the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and a general questionnaire containing female/partner data. Correlations between these two measures were also analyzed. Results: Significant inverse correlations were found between all FSFI and MRS scores. This was most evident for the MRS urogenital score in relation to FSFI total, pain and lubrication scores. Multiple linear regression analysis determined best model predicting total FSFI index scores that explained a 66% of the variance. In this model, MRS urogenital score was an important predictor of female sexual function (total FSFI scores) with a significant inverse relation. Additionally total FSFI scores displayed a significant positive correlation with female educational level and HT use and an inverse relation with partner age and female parity. Conclusion: Several female/partner factors predicted female sexual function in this mid-aged series. MRS urogenital scores significantly correlated with total FSFI scores.

O conceito de paternidade e sua vivência tornaram-se alvos de intensa investigação na literatura científica a partir do início dos anos 1970. Os estudos realizados destacam os acelerados processos de mudanças estruturais e organizacionais que incidem na família e na sociedade, que redefinem constantemente o entendimento que se tem sobre a paternidade, intensificando assim, o interesse em compreender a vivência paterna nos mais diversos contextos. Apesar da discussão que gravita em torno dessa temática, no que diz respeito à idade, os estudos existentes se concentram na vivência de pais adolescentes e adultos e na relação destes com seus filhos e companheiras. O objetivo do presente estudo foi compreender a experiência da paternidade na meia-idade a partir da perspectiva de pais, mães e filhos envolvidos. Trata-se de um estudo de caráter exploratório, descritivo, de corte transversal, amparado na abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, no qual utilizou-se o estudo de caso múltiplo como estratégia metodológica. Os participantes deste estudo foram membros de quatro famílias, denominadas de: Família Campos, Família Sampaio, Família Azevedo e Família Pires. Os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta de dados foram: (a) Formulário de Dados Sociodemográficos, que engloba o Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil; (b) Roteiro de Entrevista Semiestruturada realizada com o pai; (c) Roteiro de Entrevista Semiestruturada realizada com a mãe; (d) Roteiro de Entrevista Semiestruturada realizada com o(a) filho(a); (e) Desenho da Família (DF), aplicado nos filhos menores de 12 anos; (f) Genograma, aplicado a todos os membros da família em conjunto e, (g) Diário de campo. As entrevistas foram gravadas em áudio e, posteriormente, transcritas na íntegra. O corpus de pesquisa foi organizado por meio de análise de conteúdo temática e a análise e interpretação dos dados pautou-se na teoria psicanalítica e na literatura disponível sobre o tema da paternidade. A partir da análise do material coletado, pôde-se elaborar, em diálogo com a literatura, três categorias temáticas: (a) Construindo uma família: Adaptações da conjugalidade às novas experiências de ser pai; (b) Que pai eu sou e que pai eu quero ser? e, (c) Potencialidades e dificuldades da paternidade na meia-idade. Os resultados permitiram desvelar a paternidade na meia-idade como uma vivência composta por múltiplas articulações. A conjugalidade e a reavaliação do modelo transmitido pelo próprio genitor revelaram-se como aspectos importantes no exercício paterno e nas expectativas em relação ao desempenho desse papel. Dentre as especificidades da experiência paterna na meia-idade, a maturidade e a estabilidade financeira foram apontadas como potencialidade desejáveis dessa vivência, enquanto que a indisposição física e o receio de talvez não ser capaz de acompanhar o processo de desenvolvimento da(o) filha(o) foram caracterizados como barreiras/dificuldades. Espera-se que este estudo possa fomentar novas investigações acerca da vivência paterna em diferentes etapas do ciclo de vida, a partir do relato dos seus próprios protagonistas e daqueles que com eles compartilham tal vivência. / The concept of fatherhood and its experience became subject of intense research in scientific literature from the beginning of the 1970s. Studies emphasize the accelerated processes of structural and organizational changes that affect both family and society, which constantly redefine the understandings about paternity, thus intensifying the interest in comprehending paternal experience in several diverse contexts. Despite many discussions surrounding this subject, regarding age, most of the studies focus on the experience of fatherhood during adolescence and young adulthood, and their relations with their children and spouses. The present study aimed to comprehend the experience of fatherhood in middle-age from the perspective of fathers, mothers and children. This is an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Participants were members of four families named: Campos, Sampaio, Azevedo and Pires. Instruments used for data collection were: (a) Sociodemographic form, which includes the Brazilian Economic Classification Criterion; (b) Semistructured interview with fathers; (c) Semistructured interview with mothers; (d) Semistructured interview with sons and/or daughters; (e) Family Drawing (FD), used with children younger than 12 years old; (f) Genogram, used with all members of the Family together; and (e) Field diary. Interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed in full. Corpus of research was organized through content analysis in thematic modality, and data interpretation was based on psychoanalytic theory and on the available literature regarding fatherhood. The analysis of collected data, along with dialogues with literature, enables the development of three thematic categories: (a) Building a family: Adaptations of conjugality to the new experiences of being a father; (b) What father am I and what father do I want to be?; and (c) Strengths and weaknessess of fatherhood in middle-age. Results showed fatherhood in middle-age as an experience composed by multiple articulations. Conjugality and reassessment of the model provided by their own parents were revealed as important aspects to the exercise of fatherhood and to the expectations regarding performance of this role. Among the specifities of the experience of fatherhood in middle-age, maturity and financial stability were considered desired strengths, whereas physical indisposition and the fear of not being able to follow children´s development were characterized as weaknesses/barriers. We expect that this study can foment new research approaching the experience of fatherhood in different stages of life cycle, from the perspective of the main characters and those with whom they share such experience.

S’appuyant sur les acquis des travaux en histoire de l’art sur le bâti roman lorrain, cette thèse revisite un certain nombre de sites à l’aune de problématiques archéologiques liées à l’art de bâtir. Quatorze monographies d’églises, abbatiales ou châteaux, et une centaine de sites explorés dans l’ancien diocèse de Toul, permettent d’appréhender l’exploitation des matériaux, essentiellement la pierre et le bois, et leur mise en œuvre à travers neuf thématiques inhérentes au chantier de construction : implanter, proportionner, extraire, tailler, assembler, maçonner, voûter, échafauder, couvrir. Ce travail met ainsi en valeur les savoir-faire des architectes, des carriers, des tailleurs de pierre, des maçons ou encore des charpentiers sur un patrimoine trop modeste pour avoir jusque-là attiré la réelle attention des chercheurs.Ce sujet n’a pas fait l’objet d’études conséquentes, pour le périmètre géographique et la période chronologique retenus. Nous avons mis en lumière des bâtiments dont le plan et la volumétrie, s’ils s’accordent bien avec les canons romans connus, peuvent varier d’un endroit à l’autre du territoire, avec des spécificités inhérentes aux pays du Toulois, du Saintois et du Vallage. Ces pays se distinguent par la densité des vestiges, ce qui témoigne de leur vitalité au cours du XIIe notamment, et par la qualité des ressources lithiques disponibles.L’examen des matériaux et de leurs lieux d’exploitation met en valeur une économie basée sur une économie souvent restreinte à un rayon de cinq kilomètres autour du chantier, à l’exception peut-être du sapin et de la chaux. Le recours aux analyses physico-chimiques complète le dispositif de recherche mis en place. Elles ont souvent permis de reconsidérer les datations proposées par les historiens de l’art, en vieillissant les édifices, quelquefois de plusieurs dizaines d’années.Il s’agit ici bien souvent des premières observations en archéologie du bâti menées sur ces édifices ruraux de faible volume ou sur des parties difficiles d’accès, qu’ils soient en ruine ou en fonction. À la lumière de ces explorations, un nouveau champ de recherche régional émerge, celui des usages du bois dans les maçonneries et les charpentes, dont il reste bien davantage de traces que supposé au début de l’enquête. D’une manière plus générale, nous constatons une évolution dans la technicité des chantiers, et leur rationalisation, qui touche en premier lieu les édifices religieux réguliers dès la fin du XIe siècle, avant de s’étendre à la construction castrale au cours du XIIe siècle, puis aux petites églises de campagne à la fin de la période. Dans une perspective identique, nous démontrons que les savoir-faire locaux sont plus facilement utilisés que les grandes notions de l’architecture développées sur des bâtiments plus prestigieux et dans des régions de centralité politique importante.Nous avons également voulu remettre l’Homme et son geste au centre du processus de construction. Sans délaisser les motivations et les conséquences dans le domaine édilitaire, nous avons travaillé essentiellement sur la technicité. Comment passe-t-on de la motivation (volonté édilitaire) à la conséquence (réception de l’ouvrage terminé) ? Plus que le point d’arrivée, c’est donc le chemin pour y parvenir qui a été au centre de nos préoccupations. Ainsi nous imaginons la position du tailleur de pierre, celle de sa main, le mouvement insufflé à l’outil percutant la matière ; comment s’organise une assise de parement et comment différentier la première pierre posée de la dernière ; comment répondre aux contraintes architectoniques ; comment développer l’échafaudage. Les particularismes locaux montrent un déplacement, plutôt contraint géographiquement, des ouvriers sur les chantiers au gré de l’ouverture de ceux-ci / Thanks to steps forward on art history regarding the Romanesque architecture in the Lorraine region, this thesis revisits a number of sites in terms of archaeological issues related to the art of building. Fourteen monographs of churches, abbeys or castles, plus a hundred or so sites explored in the ancient diocese of Toul, make it possible to understand the use of building materials, primarily stone and wood. This can be done along nine themes related to construction: how to define location, proportionate, extract, cut, assemble, build, vault, scaffold, cover. This work highlights the know-how of architects, quarrymen, stonecutters, masons or carpenters involved in projects that have been neglected as they are often too modest to attract the attention of researchers.In fact, this topic has not been so far the subject of substantial studies for the geographical area and the chronological period involved. We have highlighted buildings for which plan and volume vary from one place to the other, although they all fit well with the known Romanesque canons. Specificities are prevalent in the Toul area, the Saintois or the Vallage. They are distinguished first by the density of remains in comparison with the rest of the Lorraine. This testifies to the vitality of these three entities during the 12th century in particular. It seems also related to the lithic resources available in these sectors.Examination of the materials and locations of available resources in the area highlights an economy based on short distribution channels, whereas materials rarely come from more than five kilometers away from the construction site, with the possible exception of pine wood and mortar. Physico-chemical analyzes have completed the research. They have often made it possible to reconsider the datings proposed by art historians, aging the buildings by several tens of years.On the sites themselves, we often provide the first observations in the archeology of buildings carried out so far, especially for rural buildings of low volume or for parts of buildings which are difficult to access, either in ruin or still in use. In light of these explorations, a new field of research is emerging and has to extended: the use of wood in the masonry and the carpentry. More traces remain than thought of at the beginning of the investigation. In a more general way, we notice an evolution in the technicality of the building sites, and their rationalization, which encompasses first the religious buildings at the end of the 11th century, before extending to the castle construction during the 12th century, and later to the small country churches. From a similar perspective, we demonstrate that local know-how is more often used than grand architectural concepts developed on more prestigious buildings and in regions of more political importance.We have also taken special care to put the Man and his gesture back in the center of the construction process. Most of the time, studies in this area are concerned with motivations and consequences of an action, be it political, artistic or editorial. We have focused more on technicality. How to go from motivation (the will to build) to realization (reception of the finished work) ? More than the point of arrival, it is the process that has been at the center of our concerns. Thus, we can imagine the position of the stonecutter in front of his stone, the position of his hand, the movement he infuses to the tool. How to organize the facings and how to differentiate the first stone laid from the last? How to respond to architectural constraints ? How to develop the scaffolding ? Here again, certain local peculiarities have appeared, probably showing a movement of workers to the various sites according to the opening of the construction works. Finally, our work brings new heuristic tools to the attention of researchers making the reading of the wall facings less tedious and more rational

Durante a Idade Média, o homem português expressava sua fé de algumas formas. A peregrinação se constituía em uma dessas formas. Neste sentido, observamos um Mosteiro na região da Estremadura Castelhana, onde frades da Ordem de São Jerônimo guardavam uma imagem de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe. Este Mosteiro foi alvo de peregrinação de simples portugueses, passando por membros de vários estratos sociais e até de um monarca, D. Afonso V. Para analisarmos esta peregrinação no século XV, utilizamos como fonte o Livro de Milagres do Mosteiro, onde os Jerónimos recolhiam os motivos da peregrinação e, assim, possuindo instrumentos para a divulgação do culto à virgem de Guadalupe. A análise da documentação leva-nos a descobrir aspectos da espiritualidade do português medieval, assim como também a observarmos que não somente de fé vivia a rota para o Mosteiro, visto que um jogo político igualmente fazia sua peregrinação. / During the Middle Age, portuguese man used to express their faith in many ways. Peregrination was one of theses ways. In this sense, we observed a Monastery located in the region of the Castilian Extremadura, in which friars of the Order of Saint Jerome kept an image of Saint Mary of Guadalupe. This Monastery was the target of peregrination of mere Portuguese man, members of different social classes and even a monarch, D. Afonso V. The analysis of XV century peregrination was based on the Book of Miracles of the Monastery, where hieronymites collected the reasons of the peregrination and, thus, had instruments to spread the cult to the virgin of Guadalupe. The analysis of the documentations reveals aspects of Portuguese man spirituality. We also observe that the route for the Monastery was not motivated only by faith, considering that the peregrination also constituted a political game.