Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil
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Resumo: | In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a request for the granting of a sesmaria could lead to a much-coveted social advancement, promoting a farmer to the social category of a sesmeiro. Many had started by farming third-party land, others by occupying purportedly unowned vacant land. Furthermore, during this period, the Portuguese Empire acquired a significant expanse of territory, and this entailed acknowledging the existence of countless different kinds of farmers, with their own distinctive views about the nature of land occupation. Once the Chancela Real"TN2 was obtained, many would most likely seek other grants, feeling privileged in comparison to the majority of colonials, who only had their own self-recognition of the ownership of their land to confirm the legitimacy of their occupancy. However, in the event of disputes with bordering neighbors, they had no titles which they could invoke. By using the landowner title confirmed by the Chancela Real, the sesmeiro made use of the existing legal procedures to establish himself as its legal occupant, but he was also able to take advantage of this power to incorporate more land, even though such action had no strict legal support. In this multifaceted game, this article retraces the paths followed by Ignácio Pamplona and Paes Leme, both emblematic examples of the Portuguese crowns intervention in land issues. |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 BrazilsesmariasLand DisputesLand Occupation in Portuguese AmericaIn the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a request for the granting of a sesmaria could lead to a much-coveted social advancement, promoting a farmer to the social category of a sesmeiro. Many had started by farming third-party land, others by occupying purportedly unowned vacant land. Furthermore, during this period, the Portuguese Empire acquired a significant expanse of territory, and this entailed acknowledging the existence of countless different kinds of farmers, with their own distinctive views about the nature of land occupation. Once the Chancela Real"TN2 was obtained, many would most likely seek other grants, feeling privileged in comparison to the majority of colonials, who only had their own self-recognition of the ownership of their land to confirm the legitimacy of their occupancy. However, in the event of disputes with bordering neighbors, they had no titles which they could invoke. By using the landowner title confirmed by the Chancela Real, the sesmeiro made use of the existing legal procedures to establish himself as its legal occupant, but he was also able to take advantage of this power to incorporate more land, even though such action had no strict legal support. In this multifaceted game, this article retraces the paths followed by Ignácio Pamplona and Paes Leme, both emblematic examples of the Portuguese crowns intervention in land issues.Universidade do PortoBrown University2008-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-64322008000200002e-Journal of Portuguese History v.6 n.2 2008reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-64322008000200002Motta,Márcia Maria Menendesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T17:17:27Zoai:scielo:S1645-64322008000200002Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:26:02.833462Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil Motta,Márcia Maria Menendes sesmarias Land Disputes Land Occupation in Portuguese America |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil |
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Consecrating dominions and generating conflict - the sesmariaTN1 grants, 1795-1822 Brazil |
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Motta,Márcia Maria Menendes |
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Motta,Márcia Maria Menendes |
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sesmarias Land Disputes Land Occupation in Portuguese America |
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sesmarias Land Disputes Land Occupation in Portuguese America |
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a request for the granting of a sesmaria could lead to a much-coveted social advancement, promoting a farmer to the social category of a sesmeiro. Many had started by farming third-party land, others by occupying purportedly unowned vacant land. Furthermore, during this period, the Portuguese Empire acquired a significant expanse of territory, and this entailed acknowledging the existence of countless different kinds of farmers, with their own distinctive views about the nature of land occupation. Once the Chancela Real"TN2 was obtained, many would most likely seek other grants, feeling privileged in comparison to the majority of colonials, who only had their own self-recognition of the ownership of their land to confirm the legitimacy of their occupancy. However, in the event of disputes with bordering neighbors, they had no titles which they could invoke. By using the landowner title confirmed by the Chancela Real, the sesmeiro made use of the existing legal procedures to establish himself as its legal occupant, but he was also able to take advantage of this power to incorporate more land, even though such action had no strict legal support. In this multifaceted game, this article retraces the paths followed by Ignácio Pamplona and Paes Leme, both emblematic examples of the Portuguese crowns intervention in land issues. |
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