Open AccessTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS A STRUCTURING AGENT FOR THE CITY OF SALVADOR IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD
Author(s) -
Pedro de Almeida Vasconcelos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geografares/geografares : revista do mestrado e do departamento de geografia, centro de ciências humanas e naturais, universidade federal do espirito santo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-3709
pISSN - 1518-2002
DOI - 10.7147/geo.v1i31.31791
Subject(s) - portuguese , empire , colonialism , colonial period , period (music) , state (computer science) , early modern period , structuring , capital (architecture) , capital city , economic history , ancient history , humanities , history , political science , ethnology , geography , archaeology , art , law , economic geography , philosophy , aesthetics , algorithm , computer science , linguistics
Salvador was the capital of the Portuguese America from 1549 until 1763. It was also the second city of the Portuguese Empire up to the 19th century. The Catholic Church together with the State was the main agents that structured the city of Salvador during the whole colonial period. The Secular Church related to the State through the Padroado was responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the Cathedral, churches and parishes; the religious orders with their convents were important structural elements of the urban space while the laic orders owned churches and many urban properties and corresponded to the structuring of a slave society.