Name: WANDERSON SANTOS DE ALMEIDA

Publication date: 26/08/2019
Advisor:

Name	Role
LUIZ CLÁUDIO MOISÉS RIBEIRO	Advisor *

Examining board:

Name	Role
ALYNE DOS SANTOS GONÇALVES	External Examiner *
JULIANA SABINO SIMONATO	Internal Examiner *
LUIZ CLÁUDIO MOISÉS RIBEIRO	Advisor *
MARIA BEATRIZ NADER	Internal Examiner *

Summary: This paper’s aim is to analyse power standards in Espirito Santo developed from the 16th century until the 17th century, highlighting local elite roles related to the Capitaicy, organized in Vitoria’s town hall. Absolutism related theories fail to analyse Iberic Monarchies’ dynamics during this period, since royal power was connected to its ability to articulate with an amount of institutions spread throughout the Empire. Therefore these Monarchies were pluricontinental and pluricentralized, for decisions were made not only in Lisbon or Madrid, but also in the various political centers around the world. Besides, Portuguese Monarchy was cooperative, that is, the king represented the head and the local political institutions represented the body, which must be carried for by the king. Our analysis identified in Espirito Santo the development of 3 different power nets during the 16th and 17th centuries: 1) an attempt to allure Portuguese nobleman made by Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, first Donatary, with Jorge de Meses, Simão de Castelo Branco and Duarte de Lemos; 2) the genesis of the first “nobreza da terra” (Land Nobility) with the marriage of members from families Coutinho and Azeredo, supported by the Jesuits; and 3) the expansion of Azeredo-Coutinho net, marrying into family Canto, who just arrived in Espirito Santo, coming from Azores, supported by Jesuits and Franciscans. In all these alliances, the engagement of Vitoria’s town hall to operate in favour of the established elite is visible.

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