São Paulo in the orbit of the Empire of Philip: connections of a Castilian village of portuguese America during the Liberian Union (1580-16040)

• Grant number: 12/51102-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Books published in Brazil
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: November 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Maria Cristina Cortez Wissenbach
• Grantee: Maria Cristina Cortez Wissenbach
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to examine some of the impacts of the macro-political process generated by the Union of Iberian Crowns (1580-1640) in the local logic of the colonial space represented by the village of São Paulo of the Piratininga. It is understood that the Portuguese world, both in its peninsular and colonial bias, was indeed incorporated into the framework of the Catholic monarchy led by the Castilian monarchs, the Hapsburg dynasty the Philips in this context. Thus, projects, policies, intentions and practices emanating from the empire came, not necessarily in a linear or homogeneous manner, to the most diverse comers of its space. From this perspective, the paper analyzes the process of incorporation and ownership of the Captaincy of São Vicente in the new monarchical logic implemented in Portugal since 1580; dreams of minerals designed and deployed in São Paulo by the Govern General D. Francisco de Souza, as well as his political practice in the expanding village; the horizontal connections established between the village of São Paulo and the region of Paraguay, in particular La Guairá, a perspective that allows us to go beyond the bandeiras (exploration groups) of sheer capture; the processes of demarcation and definition of identity, experienced by the Peninsula, pari passu with the colonies in the 1630 and 1640, and the effects of detente represented by the restoration in the Portuguese town of São Paulo. (AU)