Freemasonry in Brazil (Nineteenth Century): History and Sociability

This paper intends to present some important questions that characterize Masonic activity in Brazil during the nineteenth century by approaching it in three stages: discuss the introduction of the Masons in Brazil at the end of the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth century, w...

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Autor: Mansur Barata, Alexandre
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/22547
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rehmlac/article/view/22547
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brazil
Sociability
Freemasonry
Nineteenth century
Brasil
Sociabilidade
Maçonaria
Século
XIX
Descripción
Sumario:This paper intends to present some important questions that characterize Masonic activity in Brazil during the nineteenth century by approaching it in three stages: discuss the introduction of the Masons in Brazil at the end of the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the country was still part of the Portuguese Empire; analyze the Masons’ activities in events that culminated with the Declaration of Independence in September 1822; and, finally, analyze the achievements of Brazilian Freemasonry in the second half of the nineteenth century and assess how the Freemasons flourished into one of the fastest-growing movements of that period.