Padroado régio e Regalismo nos primórdios do Estado Nacional brasileiro (1820-1824)

Abstract

This article begins by reflecting on the royal Padroado and regalism, the two fundamental aspects of the relationship between the church and the Brazilian state in the consolidation of the bases of the country’s independence. Painting a panorama of the Iberian roots of these religious and political phenomena, the article emphasizes the specifics of the Portuguese approach to Brazil’s independence and of the consolidation of the institutional and constitutional bases of the Empire of Brazil, in which the precepts and practices of liberalism were to come into constant tension and dialogue with the legacies of the former regime. The article also focuses on the study of ideas and projects by political players, especially priests involved in debates on religious issues in the public sphere, particularly in the press and in parliament.