OS LETRADOS NA AMÉRICA PORTUGUESA E NA AMÉRICA ESPANHOLA NO CONTEXTO DE CRISE DO ANTIGO SISTEMA COLONIAL (1780-1808)

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the work of men of letters from the regions of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in the context of so-called crisis of the colonial system in Portuguese America, in a comparative approach to the role played by men of letters in the context of Spanish America concerned.