Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:31:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HIS - Ana Karine Martins Garcia.pdf: 8169245 bytes, checksum: 8eb1fca11ce1394d3904379e269d6a0f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-09-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work examines documents and actions in order to comprehend the project of modernization introduced in Fortaleza at the end of XIX Century, and especially how the presence of flagellants during the drought period (1877-1880) modified the urban space and the social structure of the city. The study also analyses the construction of urban equipments in Fortaleza from 1870 on, the imaginary about the flagellants, the refugee camps and the attempts of hygienic control / O presente trabalho tem como proposta analisar os discursos e ações referentes ao desejo de modernização da cidade de Fortaleza na segunda metade do século XIX e, especialmente, tentar interpretar e entender como a presença dos retirantes, durante o período da seca (1877-1880), afetou e transformou o ordenamento espacial e social urbano. Dentre as questões principais analisadas nesse estudo estão: a busca pelo progresso através das reformas nos equipamentos urbanos a partir da década de 1870, o refúgio e a procura da sobrevivência na capital cearense, a construção dos discursos sobre os retirantes, as tentativas de controle e ordenamento da população sertaneja através da construção dos abarracamentos ou alojamentos e as tentativas de higienização e salubridade da população emigrante. Para contribuir com a análise do trabalho foram utilizados como fonte os periódicos, os relatórios de Presidente de Província, os ofícios expedidos, os códigos de posturas e os memorialistas

The development of ethics with samples of period fine art pieces with the emphasis on Christian view. (Range 14.-16. century). The base of this thesis is a brief description of eschatology, developing in the frame of Christian ethics in the midstream of the pestilence's apocalypse of the late Middle Ages. The main part of the thesis is focused on changes in individual as well as social perception of death during the very demanding era of extreme wave of pestilence's epidemic in late Middle Ages even early modern history. The changes in approach and coping with the attribute of death are being observed. The aim of the thesis, on the basis of literary studies, is to gather and analyze the changes in interpretation of death during the mentioned period, evaluate their influence of people's behavior by verification or denial of given hypothesis. The accessible materials are supplemented by previews of period fine art pieces showing the attitude of people in given era towards the perception of their own death. Key words Ars moriendi, Bible, carpe diem, pestilence, eschatology, flagellant, macabre art, dying memento mori, death, death dances, vanitas.