Political communications between Portugal, Brazil and Angola in the 17th and 18th centuries in texts by important Brazilian and Portuguese historians
A Kingdom and Its Republics in the Atlantic analyzes communication between Portugal, Angola, and Brazil in the 17th and 18th centuries, dispelling myths such as the unity of political action in the three territories and the subservience of colonized spaces to the metropolis. It brings together 16 historians, both Portuguese and Brazilian, in 12 articles organized into three parts: the first examines the institutional architecture of the monarchy and the circulation of communication; the second discusses the content of communication; and the third investigates the agents and institutional spaces of communication.
Throughout the work, the importance of the circulation of "legislative" norms is noted and the regularity of political communication between the center and the periphery is confirmed. Furthermore, the peripheral actors of communication are identified—subaltern groups, as well as individuals requesting favors, or governors and local leaders—and local resistance, more open and frequent in the 17th century in colonial spaces, which became less visible in the second half of the 18th century.
The authors of this volume are: André Costa, António Castro Nunes, Antonio Jucá de Sampaio, Carla Almeida, Fatima Farrica, Francisco Cosentino, Isabelle Mello, João Fragoso, José Damião Rodrigues, Mafalda Soares da Cunha, Maria Fernanda Bicalho, Miguel Baltazar, Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro, Pedro Cardim, Roberto Guedes Ferreira and Ronald Raminelli.
