O “Estatuto Particular” da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco de Assis de Vila Rica: critérios de recrutamento e estrutura administrativa

The "Private Statute" of the Venerable Third Order of St. Francis of Assis from Vila Rica: recruitment criteria and administrative structure

Authors

  • Cristiano Oliveira de Sousa , , Centro Universitário da Fundação Educacional Guaxupé

Abstract

Abstract: The Third Orders were religious associations of lay people that often used blood purity and customs criteria for the selection of their members, and were traditionally characterized by historiography as institutions that brought together members of the local elites among their brothers. In this article, we intend to analyze the specific case of the Venerable Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, the first institution of its kind founded in Minas, as well as to understand what were the criteria established in its “Private Statute”, approved in 1765 and used by it until 1805. , for the recruitment and selection of men who were eligible to join that institution in addition to the criteria established for the election of the Order's Directors Board and the functions established by the regiment for each of their administrative functions. Besides analyzing the specificities of the Statute of that institution, we also sought to make a comparison with the criteria established by similar institutions existing in the colony or kingdom, using several authors who analyzed such institutions in Brazilian and Portuguese historiography.

Keywords: Third Orders. Minas Gerais. Brotherhoods. Elites. Statutes

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Author Biography

  • Cristiano Oliveira de Sousa, , , Centro Universitário da Fundação Educacional Guaxupé

    Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF); docente do Centro Universitário da Fundação Educacional Guaxupé (UNIFEG).  

Published

2019-12-06

How to Cite

O “Estatuto Particular” da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco de Assis de Vila Rica: critérios de recrutamento e estrutura administrativa: The "Private Statute" of the Venerable Third Order of St. Francis of Assis from Vila Rica: recruitment criteria and administrative structure. (2019). REVHIST - Revista De História Da UEG, 8(2), e821918. https://www.revista.ueg.br/index.php/revistahistoria/article/view/9643