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TThhee ffoouurrtthh AAccccoouunnttiinngg HHiissttoorryy IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall CCoonnffeerreennccee BBrraaggaa 77 -- 99 SSeepptteemmbbeerr 22000055 AAbboouutt BBrraaggaa The 4AHIC continues the practice of this bienniel conference being held in different countries and on different continents to enable as wide a representation as is possible of scholars with varying research interests that are influenced by dissimilar cultural and societal backgrounds. The 1AHIC, the 2AHIC and 3AHIC were held in Melbourne in August 1999, in Osaka in August 2001 and in Siena in September 2003 respectively. The fourth Accounting History International Conference will be held at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. The human occupation of the region where Braga is located goes back thousands of years and is documented by traces that have acquired monumentality since the megalithic period. The romanization process has begun around the year 200 B.C. and has reached its peak in the early years of our age (between the years 3 B.C. and 3 A.C.) with the foundation of Bracara Augusta. From the middle of the 15th century to the early decades of the 17th century, Braga developed under the fervour of religiousness, visible in the afflux of the religious communities that built monasteries, convents and churches overPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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