A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos
The charter of 25 June 1760 creating the post of Intendant-General of the Police of the Court and Kingdom – not an Intendancy-General of Police as it is often called – has been presented as an important innovation of Pombal’s administration, an instrument of the police state that was beginning to ta...
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| description | The charter of 25 June 1760 creating the post of Intendant-General of the Police of the Court and Kingdom – not an Intendancy-General of Police as it is often called – has been presented as an important innovation of Pombal’s administration, an instrument of the police state that was beginning to take shape. Without questioning the extent of the political changes taking place, this article contends that the document in question was rooted in a tightly constrained, conservative legal framework and did not have the disruptive impact that has been attributed to it. Nor, in terms of policing, did it align Portugal with the “more refined courts” that according to the charter the government wished to emulate. Furthermore, it is argued that substantive changes in the way the Police of the Court and Kingdom operated only occurred after 1780 amid controversy and persistent uncertainty as to its intendant’s powers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-029a94fa26d04a04aa3fab7f515d536c2024-02-14T14:00:34ZengAssociação de Actividades CientíficasLer História0870-61822023-06-018210112410.4000/lerhistoria.12064A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocosLaurinda AbreuThe charter of 25 June 1760 creating the post of Intendant-General of the Police of the Court and Kingdom – not an Intendancy-General of Police as it is often called – has been presented as an important innovation of Pombal’s administration, an instrument of the police state that was beginning to take shape. Without questioning the extent of the political changes taking place, this article contends that the document in question was rooted in a tightly constrained, conservative legal framework and did not have the disruptive impact that has been attributed to it. Nor, in terms of policing, did it align Portugal with the “more refined courts” that according to the charter the government wished to emulate. Furthermore, it is argued that substantive changes in the way the Police of the Court and Kingdom operated only occurred after 1780 amid controversy and persistent uncertainty as to its intendant’s powers.https://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/12064Pombalpoliceintendant-general of the policePina Manique |
| spellingShingle | Laurinda Abreu A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos Ler História Pombal police intendant-general of the police Pina Manique |
| title | A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos |
| title_full | A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos |
| title_fullStr | A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos |
| title_full_unstemmed | A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos |
| title_short | A polícia em Portugal no século XVIII: ambiguidades e equívocos |
| title_sort | policia em portugal no seculo xviii ambiguidades e equivocos |
| topic | Pombal police intendant-general of the police Pina Manique |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/12064 |
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