Honras, mercês e prestígio social: a inserção da família indígena Sousa e Castro nas redes de poder do antigo regime na capitania do Ceará

Abstract

The old village of Ibiapaba governed by the Jesuits (1700-1759) was elevated to the category of “Indian village” called of Viçosa Real village from 1759 with the implementation of the policy of Pombal. With that the Indians had to adapt to this new historical context, now in the lay direction and performance of secular priests. However, you can see a continuum in the formation of a privileged group of Indians who had in the family with a list of services to the Crown the marks of his ascent symbolic and material demonstrating that the logic of the prestige that these Indians had reached was similar in many respects to other vassals of the Portuguese Crown.