O objetivo deste trabalho é refletir sobre a natureza da Ação Católica Brasileira (ACB) e a conformação dos seus arquivos. A ACB desenvolveu-se entre os anos 1935 e 1966, calcada no projeto de conversão católica da sociedade. Baseada no método indutivo e no cotejo das fontes, a pesquisa debruçou-se sobre as obras religiosas e jurídicas que circularam entre os militantes e sacerdotes, além dos próprios documentos da Ação Católica Brasileira e das diferentes instituições envolvidas na custódia dos arquivos do movimento. Como resultados, a tese apresenta as particularidades da natureza e da institucionalidade da associação e nuances das relações estabelecidas entre leigos e sacerdotes ao longo de sua história. Igualmente desvela como o projeto fundante da ACB e as transformações pelas quais passou impactaram na produção e acumulação documental da associação. Por fim, pondera a respeito dos preceitos religiosos e das circunstâncias históricas que reverberaram no destino final e na apropriação do espólio documental por parte de diferentes custodiadores vinculados à Igreja Católica. / This study aims to reflect upon the nature of the Catholic Action in Brazil (ACB) and the configuration of its archives. The Catholic Action in Brazil was developed between 1935 and 1966, grounded in the project for society catholic conversion. Based on the inductive method and the comparison of sources, the research focused on the religious and legal works that circulated among militants and priests as well as on the Catholic Actions own documents and documents from different institutions involved in the custody of the movement´s archives. The thesis presents the peculiarities of the association nature and institutionality as well as the nuances in the relations established between laypeople and priests throughout history. It also reveals how the Catholic Action founding project and the transformations it has been through have impacted on the production and documental accumulation of the association. Finally, it ponders over the religious precepts and the historical circumstances that reverberated through the final destination and in the ownership of the documental legacy on the part of the different custodians attached to the Catholic Church.

O objetivo deste trabalho é refletir sobre a natureza da Ação Católica Brasileira (ACB) e a conformação dos seus arquivos. A ACB desenvolveu-se entre os anos 1935 e 1966, calcada no projeto de conversão católica da sociedade. Baseada no método indutivo e no cotejo das fontes, a pesquisa debruçou-se sobre as obras religiosas e jurídicas que circularam entre os militantes e sacerdotes, além dos próprios documentos da Ação Católica Brasileira e das diferentes instituições envolvidas na custódia dos arquivos do movimento. Como resultados, a tese apresenta as particularidades da natureza e da institucionalidade da associação e nuances das relações estabelecidas entre leigos e sacerdotes ao longo de sua história. Igualmente desvela como o projeto fundante da ACB e as transformações pelas quais passou impactaram na produção e acumulação documental da associação. Por fim, pondera a respeito dos preceitos religiosos e das circunstâncias históricas que reverberaram no destino final e na apropriação do espólio documental por parte de diferentes custodiadores vinculados à Igreja Católica. / This study aims to reflect upon the nature of the Catholic Action in Brazil (ACB) and the configuration of its archives. The Catholic Action in Brazil was developed between 1935 and 1966, grounded in the project for society catholic conversion. Based on the inductive method and the comparison of sources, the research focused on the religious and legal works that circulated among militants and priests as well as on the Catholic Actions own documents and documents from different institutions involved in the custody of the movement´s archives. The thesis presents the peculiarities of the association nature and institutionality as well as the nuances in the relations established between laypeople and priests throughout history. It also reveals how the Catholic Action founding project and the transformations it has been through have impacted on the production and documental accumulation of the association. Finally, it ponders over the religious precepts and the historical circumstances that reverberated through the final destination and in the ownership of the documental legacy on the part of the different custodians attached to the Catholic Church.

Co-tutelle de thèse Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne / Université Libre de Bruxelles, sous la direction conjointe de Michel KAPLAN (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) et de Jean-Marie SANSTERRE (Université Libre de Bruxelles)<p><p><p>L’épiscopat constitue un fondement essentiel mais méconnu de l’Église mésobyzantine. Malgré la relative rareté des sources, il est possible d’en retracer l’histoire et les grandes évolutions :une part importante de l’hagiographie de l’iconoclasme et post-iconoclaste concerne en effet métropolites et évêques, témoignant du lien fort existant entre ceux-ci et le peuple des cités dont ils ont la charge, particulièrement quand ils sont considérés saints par la population. De nombreuses sources épistolaires, ecclésiastiques et sigillographiques, émanant des évêques eux-mêmes, permettent d’approcher les réalités du corps épiscopal et celles de la société provinciale qu’il représente auprès des autorités centrales. L’évêque apparaît également comme le relais des volontés impériale et patriarcale dans les provinces de l’Empire. Dans un contexte de compétition de pouvoir avec les autorités locales, l’évêque tente ainsi d’imposer le sien propre, dans ses aspects spatiaux, sociaux, religieux et symboliques.<p>L’approche collective et les approches individuelles de l’épiscopat doivent permettre de comprendre les réalités sociales d’un Empire de plus en plus centré sur sa capitale et dont sont progressivement détachées, du moins dans les sources, les périphéries. Une histoire décentrée de l’Empire byzantin passe dès lors par des études régionales mais aussi par des études consacrées à des groupes sociaux enracinés dans tout l’Empire, surtout lorsque, comme les évêques, ils revendiquent la spécificité de leur région et leur attachement à une société provinciale qui constitue le socle de l’Empire.<p><p>/ <p><p>The episcopate is an essential structure of the middle-Byzantine Church ;however, it remains little known. Although sources are limited, its history and evolution can still be reconstructed, as a large portion of the iconoclastic and post-iconoclastic hagiography deals with metropolitans and bishops. The sources reveal the strong connection between bishops and the inhabitants of the cities under their responsibility, especially when the population considers them as saints. Numerous epistolary, ecclesiastic and sigillographic documents issued by bishops themselves partially unveil the realities of the episcopal group and the provincial society that bishops represent to the central authorities. The bishop also serves as relay of both imperial and patriarchal wills to the provinces of the Empire. Competing with local authorities, the bishop thus tries to impose his own influence in its spatial, social, religious and symbolic dimensions.<p>Both collective and individual approaches of the episcopate make the social realities of the Empire more understandable, as it becomes more and more focused on its capital city while its peripheries gradually move away, which documentation seems to imply. Regional studies, but also studies focused on social groups established across the whole Empire, are the fundamentals of a decentred history of the Byzantine Empire. This is especially true since social groups such as bishops claim the specificity of their regions and their link to a provincial society that represents the cornerstone of the Empire. / Doctorat en Histoire, art et archéologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished