Forjando status e construindo autoridade: perfil dos homens bons e formação da primeira elite social em Vila do Carmo (1711-36)

Abstract

This work has as central object of the list of officers (Councilors, Ordinary Judges and Prosecutors) the Vila do Carmo‟s City Council in the initial years of the eighteenth century, between 1711 and 1736, when was the formation of the Town and groups of power in this scenario. We then define the standard form for access to seats Vila do Carmo‟s City Council and the origin and how it formed the first marianense higth society, ie, which meant being a good man in Vila do Carmo in the context presented. In addition, explore further the role of officers in the Vila do Carmo‟s City Council and its operation, also addressing the mechanisms which has brought relations between King and municipality within the framework of negotiation. We, for both the principle that respect than to allow the maintenance of royal governance, promoted the strengthening of officers through the exercise of leadership, consolidated itself as the authority and could maintain their "quality" as a powerful and prominent group in social hierarchy.