Military Orders in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
Portuguese Tradition, the Holy See, and the Independent Nation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8876761 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camila Borges Da Silva (0000-0003-1461-3556, Universidade Federal Fluminense, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-99 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1615 • E-ISSN: 1533-6247 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tam.2014.0087 |
| OpenAlex | W2077938142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article is a study of the controversial role of Portuguese military orders in Brazil, starting from that nation’s independence in 1822 and continuing through the nineteenth century, under both the first Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro I, and his son, Dom Pedro II. The debates around the presence of the orders, whose mission was rooted in both Portuguese colonial power and the authority of the Holy See, on Brazilian soil are important because they shed light on the process and nature of the growth of that nation’s independence. The government’s struggle to maintain the orders in Brazil, in spite of ongoing criticism, and only with the exertion of great diplomatic effort, demonstrates how necessary they were to the functioning of the state. The orders constituted an important source of income, yes, but they were valuable even more as ways of granting honor and prestige. Their presence allowed Dom Pedro I to unite the empire of Brazil by decorating local elites, thus securing their services and loyalty
Ancient history · Colonialism · Criticism · Economic history · Emperor · Empire · Ethnology · Government (linguistics · Honor · Independence (probability theory · Political science · Portuguese · Power (physics · Prestige · State (computer science · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · History of Colonial Brazil · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |