 Justice and violence in the Lands of the Assecas (Rio de Janeiro, 1729-1745)Márcia Maria Menendes Motta
Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2012, issue 58, 13-37 Abstract: On September 24, 1729, the Portuguese Crown determined that the Chief Justice (Ouvidor Mor) of Rio de Janeiro should review the judicial procedure (correição) concerning the lands belonging to the Viscount of Asseca, «not only to administer justice to dwellers of these lands, but also to punish the crimes there committed, according to their nature». In 1731, in a message sent to the Secretary of State Diogo de Mendonça Corte Real, the Municipal Council officials and the people of the town of S. Salvador in Paraíba do Sul informed that the Viscount had obstructed justice. An analysis of the compelling story of Diogo Correia de Sá –the 3rd Viscount of Asseca– during the first decades of the 18th century, sets the scene for a discussion of land rights and conflicts of interest involving the Asseca family, the colonial administration and a diverse group of «residents» who lived on the disputed land. Keywords: Land Conflicts; Justice; Viscount of Asseca; Colonial Administration; Portuguese Crown; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:seh:journl:y:2012:i:58:m:december:p:13-37 Access Statistics for this article Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural is currently edited by Vicente Pinilla More articles in Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural from Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria Contact information at EDIRC. |
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