Between "letras & armas", history as dispute: Considerations on Luso-Brazilian historiography in the 18th century

Authors

  • Fernando Nicolazzi Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais; Departamento de História

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i11p40-51

Keywords:

Portuguese America^i2^sBra, historical memoirs, historiography

Abstract

This essay traces some considerations on the 18th century Luso-Brazilian historiographical practice. From the topos "letras & armas" - common in that intellectual ambiance to define the relations between knowledge and power, literary world and political space - it is suggested that the historical dissertation was a privileged discursive modality for the definition of the legitimacy of the historical writing. Therefore, the dissertation was located between the mode of making particular memories and history itself. The "armas & letras" topic is confronted in some Portuguese and "Brasilic" authors, above all in the Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos (1724).

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Published

2010-05-01

Issue

No. 11 (2010)

Section

Articles

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