Brazilian Machiavellians: dissimulation, political ideas, and colonial rebellions (Portugal, 17th-18th century)

The political theory on the power of the Catholic monarchy in Portugal, despite not seeing dissimulatory expedients with good eyes, could not prevent their use in face of the severity that assumed the resistance struggle of the subjects in America. In many of these situations, the use of dissimulati...

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Main Author: Luciano Raposo de Almeida Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2014-01-01
Series:Tempo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-77042014000100405&lng=en&tlng=en