Between Theory and Practice: Political-Administrative Dynamics in Portugal and Portuguese America (XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries)

Authors

  • Maria Fernanda Bicalho Universidade Federal Fluminense – Campos Gragoatá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i167p75-98

Keywords:

Overseas Council – administration – government – Portuguese America.

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the arguments of a Brazilian historiography, as they relate tothe topic of administrative confusion and overlapping of jurisdictions in the governmentof Portuguese America. It shares a theoretical perspective based on interpretative matrix of the political dynamics of the Old Regime Iberian. The analysis that follows will unfold in two case studies, both based on documentation that involves the Overseas Council: the first refers to conflicts of jurisdiction between the Overseas Council and other Portuguese central councils in the early years of its operation; and the second concerns jurisdictions, not always well-defined and often conflicting, of governors of captaincies, governors-general and viceroys in Portuguese America.

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Author Biography

  • Maria Fernanda Bicalho, Universidade Federal Fluminense – Campos Gragoatá
    Programa de Pós-Graduação em HistóriaUniversidade Federal Fluminense – Campos Gragoatá

Published

2012-12-30

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How to Cite

BICALHO, Maria Fernanda. Between Theory and Practice: Political-Administrative Dynamics in Portugal and Portuguese America (XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries). Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 167, p. 75–98, 2012. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i167p75-98. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/49068.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.