Neither noble, nor laborer: the social path of a surgeon in 18th Century Portuguese America

Authors

  • Márcia Moisés Ribeiro USP; IEB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i2p64-75

Keywords:

mining, Minas Gerais, Portugal, Colony, Ancien Régime

Abstract

This article aims at a reconstruction of the biography of the Portuguese surgeon José Antonio Mendes, who lived in Portuguese America for circa de 35 years in the 18th century. Due to the better opportunities of social ascencion in the Colony, the surgeon reached positions of prestige, probably inaccessible to him in the Court.

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Published

2005-11-01

Issue

No. 2 (2005)

Section

Articles

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