The history of a school institution in Brazil: the seminary ‘Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte’ (1821-1888)

Abstract:

This text aims to present, from the analysis of the regulations, the internal structure of the Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte Seminary, an Institution catholic school in the diocese of Mariana, in the period of the ‘Brazil Empire’ (1822-1888). Three regulations (1821, 1844, and 1878) were used as the primary source of the research, which throughout the 19th century were the main instruments guiding the institutions internal. Through them, it was possible to understand what the internal organization of these school institutions. Other sources used for the article were registration books, account books and fragments of correspondence from the bishops of Mariana.

Keywords:
history of education; school institutions; Mariana’s Seminary; education and religion