The crisis of hispanic empire and the servils (1811-1815)

• Grant number: 15/12812-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: September 14, 2015
• End date: December 13, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Márcia Regina Berbel
• Grantee: Bruno Santos Sobrinho
• Supervisor: Ivana Frasquet Miguel
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universitat de València, Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/21334-4 - Servils pappers and the fragmentation of hispanic empire (1811-1815), BP.MS

Abstract

This project of research exchange (Bolsa de Estágio de Pesquisa no Exterior - BEPE) objective is to complement the documentation available regarding the persons responsables for the publication of the periodicals studied in our Master's research. The comprehension of the American Empire Fragmentation as it was understood by the "servis" relatated to the periodicals "El Censor General" (1811-1812 and 1814) and "El Procurador General de la Nación y del Rey (1812-1815) is the objective of the current research. It is also aimed the analyses of possible nuances related to the Servil thought, which was in constant definition during the Cortes meetings, in Cádiz. Through the Exchange Intership, we intend to find other documents which may increase our knowledge about this group. Moreover, it is also planned the stableshment of a larger contact with the Spanish historic production and bibliography concerning this subject.