Abstract

COSTA, Fernando Dores. Mouzinho da Silveira or the Unforeseen Revolution. e-JPH [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.2, pp.191-217.  Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1645-6432.  https://doi.org/10.26300/yrvm-qk67.

Alexandre Herculano stated that Mouzinho da Silveira was a superior and even brilliant man for the reason that he was a verb; the incarnation of an idea, the personification of a great social fact. This great fact is what was called, in the interpretive framework inspired by the French Revolution, the abolition of “feudalism” in Portugal, a profound social change. However, the scope and consequences of the law of forais were unexpected and not the result of a project.

Keywords : Liberalism; feudalism (abolition); emphyteusis; revolution; legislator.

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