António Ribeiro dos Santos (1745-1818): as paisagens do reino, os poderes do rei, os saberes dos vassalos. Mudanças e permanências

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The figure of Antonio Ribeiro dos Santos (1745-1818) may be studied not merely as a direct influence in the reshaping of the Portuguese State and its Atlantic/imperial possessions but his work as an embodiment/reflection of a wider European enlightenment critique of the existing structures of power. All of this may be seen in the creation of administrative and legal institutions, that while emerging from and dependent on the continuation of regal authority, also extend the role of the State as such in diminishing/removing the customary privileges and exceptions of the landowning classes. This has the effect of moving towards a greater social parity and equality before the law, and the eventual modification of the earlier state of vassalage in a distinctive Portuguese response to the era of the American and French revolutions.
Original languagePortuguese
Number of pages24
JournalCultura
Volume36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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