A irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento e as elites da vila de Piraí: o papel dos funerais na ostentação do poder – um estudo de caso das irmandades no Vale do Paraíba Fluminense

Abstract

This study aims to analyze how the funeral practices developed by the confreres in the brotherhoods of Fluminense Paraíba Valley nineteenth century served as social distinction elements and maintaining local social hierarchies. However, we will focus our attention on the brotherhoods of Piraí region, especially the lay organization of SS. Sacramento. Observe that the agro-market elites used-if only that space of faith and sociability, but especially the local authority power to represent social and symbolic interests and political projects. For this, we use a wide range of primary sources, such as brotherly appointments, parish registers of deaths, wills, inventories, pastoral visits, minutes of the House among others