CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Esta tese busca analisar a formaÃÃo de uma elite conquistadora na Capitania do Siarà Grande entre os anos de 1679 e 1720, entendendo que o processo de conquista territorial da capitania fez parte da conjuntura polÃtica e econÃmica de afirmaÃÃo dos domÃnios do ImpÃrio ultramarino portuguÃs perante a concorrÃncia de outros Estados Modernos a partir do limiar do sÃculo XVII. A formaÃÃo desta elite conquistadora foi fundamentada a partir do esgarÃamento da relaÃÃo entre Estado e sociedade na medida em que o contexto de guerra contra os gentios, a afirmaÃÃo dos domÃnios territoriais e a prestaÃÃo de serviÃos a Coroa portuguesa, permitiram que as experiÃncias sociais dos sujeitos histÃricos envolvidos se sobrepusessem as normativas impostas pela prÃpria metrÃpole. Evidencia-se esta relaÃÃo nas sesmarias concedidas pela participaÃÃo na guerra justa contra os gentios, quebrando os padrÃes de legalidade, nos arranjos da administraÃÃo da concessÃo de terras pelos capitÃes-mores e no conflito entre sesmeiros, governanÃa local e o juiz das sesmarias, CristÃvÃo Soares ReimÃo, no processo de mediÃÃo e demarcaÃÃo das terras da capitania. Desta maneira, defende-se a hipÃtese de que a efetiva conquista dos sertÃes e das ribeiras do Siarà Grande foi parte integrante da polÃtica lusitana em um contexto de redefiniÃÃes de hegemonias imperiais na Europa e nas Ãreas coloniais e se utilizou da concessÃo de mercà â tais como: patentes militares, tÃtulos distintivos, cargos administrativos e, principalmente, sesmarias â como a forma de ârecrutamentoâ de seus agentes coloniais. O corpus documental da tese à composto por manuscritos avulsos do Conselho Ultramarino (referentes Ãs capitanias do Siarà Grande, Rio Grande, Pernambuco, MaranhÃo e ParaÃba), legislaÃÃo referente a sesmarias (OrdenaÃÃes, Decretos, AlvarÃs e Ãditos RÃgios), cartas de sesmarias e registros de mercÃs do Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo. / This dissertation aims to analyze the formation of a conquering elite in the captaincy of Siarà Grande between 1679 and 1720, considering that the process of conquest of the captaincy was part of the political and economic conjuncture of affirmation of the domains of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, in the face of the competition presented by other Modern States from the early seventeenth century onwards. The formation of this conquering elite was based on the fraying of the relationship between the State and the society; as far as the context of war against the gentiles, the affirmation of the territorial controls and the provision of services to the Portuguese Crown allowed the social experience of the historical subjects involved to overlap the regulations imposed by the metropolis itself, as it is evident in the allotments awarded due to the participation in the just war against the gentiles, breaking the legal standards, in the arrangements of the administration of the land by the captain-generals and in the conflict between the owners of the sesmarias, local government and the judge of the sesmarias, CristÃvÃo Soares ReimÃo, in the process of measurement and demarcation of the captaincyâs land. It is advocated the hypothesis that the effective conquest of Siarà Grande capitancy was fully part of the portuguese policy in a context of redefinitions of the imperial hegemonies in Europe and in the colonial areas and used the concession of benefits (mercÃs) â such as military ranks, distinctive titles, administrative positions and, mainly, allotments (sesmarias) â as the way to recruit the colonial agents. The documental sources of the dissertation consists of loose manuscripts from the Overseas Council (regarding the captaincies of Siarà Grande, Rio Grande, Pernambuco, MaranhÃo e ParaÃba), legislations concerning to sesmarias (Ordinances, Decrees, Licenses and Royal Charters), sesmarias letters and records of benefits (mercÃs) from the Torre do Tombo National Archive.

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / Este trabalho procura compreender a formaÃÃo da elite colonial nos SertÃes de MombaÃa, capitania do Siarà grande, no sÃculo XVIII. Para tanto, busca-se analisar quais os meios que permitiram a constituiÃÃo desta elite colonial, como a forma das concessÃes de sesmarias, as justificativas apresentadas pelos requerentes, a natureza individual ou coletiva dos pedidos, a origem social dos sesmeiros, visando identificar quais os padrÃes por eles apresentados que justificavam a referida mercÃ. Especificamente sobre os SertÃes de MombaÃa, ribeira do BanabuiÃ, hoje SertÃo Central do CearÃ, os pedidos eram justificados em sua maioria pelos serviÃos prestados nas guerras justas contra os gentios e como justificativa econÃmica da ocupaÃÃo nas fazendas de criar. Em seguida procuro analisar a constituiÃÃo e desenvolvimento histÃrico das fazendas de criar e as articulaÃÃes familiares e econÃmicas que propiciaram a formaÃÃo desta elite proprietÃria de terras, gados e escravos. / This research intends to analyze the colonial elite process of formation in the Hinterlands of MombaÃa, situated in the Captaincy of Siarà Grande, along the XVIIIth century. For this purpose, I have looked at the means that enabled the establishment of these colonial elite, such as, the grant allotments procedures, the justifications provided by its applicants, the individual or collective nature of the requests, and the social background of those who received allotments. Those aspects herein examined served to identify the patterns which were presented by the recipients to justify such endowment. Specifically about the Hinterlands of MombaÃa, located on the banks of the river Banabuià in the Hinterlands Central CearÃ, the applications were mostly justified for the military services rendered in the so-called fair-wars (Guerras Justas) against the indigenous nations and also as economic justification for the inlands occupations through the opening up cattle ranches. Then, I seek to analyze the configuration and the historical development of those cattle ranches, the family agreements and the economical joints that favored the formation of these local colonial elite whose economic strength was based on the ownership of lands, cattle and slaves.