Banca de DEFESA: ELIDA KASSIA VIEIRA DA SILVA

FOR THE “CULT OF GOD AND HIS MOTHER HOLY MARY”: 

THE BROTHERHOOD OF BOM JESUS DOS MARTYRIOS IN THE CITY OF ALAGOAS (1840 - 1900)

Bom Jesus dos Martyrios; Religious brotherhoods; Alagoas city.

The present dissertation aims to analyze the Irmandade do Senhor Bom Jesus dos Martyrios in the city of Alagoas between the years 1840 and 1900. among the main sources, we can highlight the commitment of the brotherhood of the Martyrios and the brotherhood of the Rosary of the city of Alagoas (owner of the temple where the association of the Martyrios operated); the brother's entry book, containing the general data of the associates; and clippings from newspapers circulating in Alagoas in the period. It is intended to analyze the brotherhood from the perspective of gender, class and politics, in order to trace the general profile of the studied group. As a methodology, critical and comparative analysis of texts and demographic studies are mainly used from the perspective of Ginzburg's evidential paradigm. The research will contribute to the advancement of the understanding of religious brotherhoods in Alagoas from the historiographical point of view, since there are still few researches developed with the theme worked here.