A Lei de terras e os registros eclesiásticos e imóveis: legitimações de posses e mercantilização da terra em Montes Claros - Mg

Abstract

Agrarian property has been a theme that has been widely discussed at the national level, mainly from the perspective of the agri-exporting latifundia. The present work aims to analyze Law No. 601 of September 18, 1850, its regulation of January 30, 1854 and the Parish Land Registers. In this study, we privilege the land and agrarian structures located in a transition area in Minas Gerais, the Municipality of Montes Claros. We will study the constitution of agrarian and land properties in the region during the second half of the 19th century. Ecclesiastical Records, Laws, Decrees, Land Regulations, Reports of Presidents of Provinces and Postures of the Municipality of Montes Claros were the main sources used in the construction of the analysis. It analyzes the spaces and relations of power, of which the landowners participated as active citizens, having the attributes of freedom and property, taking them privileged in the local society. Finally, the work consisted of a survey and presentation of the localities present in the region and the distribution of the properties between them. Through the ecclesiastical records, the men were identified who in the daily toil erected a region of diversified economy, directed to the internal market.