Morgado de Mateus names a street near Vila Mariana, but it is not the name of people and the owner of this Nobiliárchic title ruled São Paulo. The public archive for the state government in São Paulo promotes from April 28 the exhibition “in the name El Rey: 250 years by the government in Morgado de Mateus in São Paulo – 1765 – 2015”. The show shows documents during the colonial phase in the captain of São Paulo and will be shown until July 31, 2015.
The central figure in the show is Luís António de Sousa Botelho Mourão, which received from the King of Portugal a title of differentiated nobility. Instead of baron, viscount or marquis; The denomination was Morgado, based on the transfer of land possession on Morgadium basis, that is, a form of family organization whose stammering of successors, had code, statutes and behaviors to be followed. In Lisbon there is a congregation named Mateus where a housing palace was built for the precious successors in the morning and consequently bills of Vila Real.
Our Morgado de Mateus was the fourth on the successor’s family and lived between 1722 and 1798. He arrived in Brazil at the request of King of Portugal in 1765 and ruled São Paulo for ten years to reverse the poverty and abandonment where the captain was after the end of the entrance and flags, which they left. The entire southern region of Brazil, from Paraná to Talk, was also threatened by the risk of occupation of the Castilian heavy colonies, dominated by Spain. To modify this situation organized Morgado de Mateus government, strengthened the defense, created villages where today are cities such as Jacareí and São José Dos Campos, registered the population and promoted the economy. “All of these Activities have generated Written Documents, Such As Requirements, Permits, Warings, Companies, Patents and Letters of Sesmarias, Which Preserved and Are Part Of The Show,” Says Marcelo Quintanilha, Curator of the Exhibition and Also That Sees the Possibility of the Interested Public To Find Out How the Governments Worked and the Rules of the Past Worked. “This survey clarifies how power relations between the state and the economy, justice, military and agricultural organization were given, which gives a mirror where the past can be observed.
The opening event starts at 9:30, with the seminar: “In the name Rey: 250 years by Morgado de Mateus government in São Paulo -1765-2015”, will participate in Heloísa Belloto, professor of history at the University of the São Paulo and the consultant. They will also be at the meeting, Ana Canas; Director of the Foreign Historical Archives of the Institute of Tropical Scientific Research of Portugal, Norma Cassares; Technical manager of the Apesp Conservation Center – Portugal.
Complete the meeting, Jobson Arruda, professor at the Department of History and the postgraduate education in economic history at USP and Vera Fernline; Director of National Monument Ruinas Engenho São Jorge Dos Erasmos and chairman of the Presidency Committee Jaime Cortesão at the Camões Institute; Pablo Oller, researcher at Jaime Cortesão chairman; And Ana Maria Camargo, professor at the USP History Department and author of files in the archive area.
Aimed at all target groups, the exhibition “In the name El Rey”, support material specifically aimed at visitors who want to deepen the knowledge of São Paulo’s history and throws themselves into the public archive collection. The exhibition is supported by the General Consulate in Portugal, University of São Paulo – USP and Mateus House, a cultural institution located in Vila Real, Portugal.
Check out the names of all Morgados de Mateus
António Álvares Coelho, 1st Morgado de Mateus; Matias Álvares Mourão, Morgado da talk (1669-d. 1730), 2nd Morgado de Mateus; António José Botelho Mourão (1688-1746), 3rd Morgado de Mateus; Luís António de Sousa Botelho Mourão* (1722-1798), 4th Morgado de Mateus; José Maria de Sousa Botelho Mourão and Vasconcelos (1758-1825), 5th Morgado de Mateus; José Luís de Sousa Botelho Mourão and Vasconcelos (1785-1855), 6th Morgado de Mateus, 1st bill of Vila Real; Fernando de Sousa Botelho Mourão and Vasconcelos (1815-1858), 7th Morgado de Mateus, 2nd count of Vila Real; José Luís de Sousa Botelho Mourão and Vasconcelos (1843-1923), 8th and last Morgado de Mateus, 3rd count of Vila Real; Fernando de Sousa Botelho and Melo (1870-1928), 4th bill of Vila Real, 3rd count of Melo; Maria Teresa de Sousa Botelho and Melo (1871-1947), 5th Countess of Vila Real, fourth Countess by Melo, 2nd Countess of Mangualde; Francisco de Sousa Botelho de Albuquerque (1909-1973), 6th bill of Vila Real, 5th bill of Melo, 3rd bill of mangualde; *ruled Sao Paulo.
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“In the name Rey: 250 years by Morgado de Mateus government in São Paulo – 1765-2015” Period: from April 28 to July 31, 2015 Location: Public Archive of the State of São Paulo (the ground floor) Fatherland’s voluntary street, 596 – Santana, Sao Paulo. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, from 9 to 17. Access: Free