Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII

This article is an analysis of some practices which are commonplace in the Minas captaincy concerning the normalization and enforcement of a private code of conduct in the backlands of the St. Francis River, stemming from the power of some local potentates. These rustic customs are interpreted as ef...

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Main Author: Célia Nonata da Silva
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia 2010-01-01
Series:Fronteras de la Historia
Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=83316875005
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spelling doaj-97a828e5c6074ed39a281b81a01f948f2020-11-25T00:37:14ZspaInstituto Colombiano de Antropología e HistoriaFronteras de la Historia 2027-46882010-01-01151108133Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIIICélia Nonata da SilvaThis article is an analysis of some practices which are commonplace in the Minas captaincy concerning the normalization and enforcement of a private code of conduct in the backlands of the St. Francis River, stemming from the power of some local potentates. These rustic customs are interpreted as effective behaviors of a mestizo political culture, based on the maintenance of the so-called "Commanding Territories", which include a series of power arrangements based on systematic revenges, expropriations, protective policies granted by the local potentates, and on the exchange of favors between these and their slaves.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=83316875005
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Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII
Fronteras de la Historia
author_facet Célia Nonata da Silva
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title Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII
title_short Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII
title_full Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII
title_fullStr Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII
title_full_unstemmed Autoridade mestiça no Brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do São Francisco, século XVIII
title_sort autoridade mestiça no brasil: territórios de mando no sertão do são francisco, século xviii
publisher Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia
series Fronteras de la Historia
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publishDate 2010-01-01
description This article is an analysis of some practices which are commonplace in the Minas captaincy concerning the normalization and enforcement of a private code of conduct in the backlands of the St. Francis River, stemming from the power of some local potentates. These rustic customs are interpreted as effective behaviors of a mestizo political culture, based on the maintenance of the so-called "Commanding Territories", which include a series of power arrangements based on systematic revenges, expropriations, protective policies granted by the local potentates, and on the exchange of favors between these and their slaves.
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