Atuação do governador-geral na capitania do Rio de Janeiro entre 1650 e 1656: uma análise de casos com base nos conceitos de pluralismo jurídico e monarquia pluricontinental

Abstract

Based on the concepts of juridical pluralism and pluricontinental monarchy, this paper analyzes how the Portuguese Crown, in the figure of the Governor-General, related to the royal captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, from 1650 to 1656, interacting with the local government and the Crown representatives in the locality, in the resolution of questions involving the exercise of jurisdiction, tax collection, criminal matters, among others. The aim is to analyze the extent to which the Crown's relations with the captaincy were fixed based on hierarchy, exercising that regimental prerogatives, or based on the notion of negotiated authority, where the Crown, by its own legal, economic and political context met at the time, was obliged to establish dialogues with the local power, respecting the spaces of autonomy granted to it.