Counting colonial populations: a comparative exercise between ecclesiastical and civil sources from the southernmost region of Portuguese America in the late colonial period

Ana Silvia Volpi Scott; Gabriel Santos Berute; Dario Scott; Jonathan Fachini da Silva; Denize Terezinha Leal Freitas

doi:10.57759/aham2015.36785

Counting colonial populations: a comparative exercise between ecclesiastical and civil sources from the southernmost region of Portuguese America in the late colonial period

Authors

Ana Silvia Volpi Scott UNICAMP — Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-070X
Gabriel Santos Berute IFRS — Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-0133
Dario Scott UNICAMP — Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7749-7719
Jonathan Fachini da Silva Unisinos — Universidade do Rio de Sinos, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-288X
Denize Terezinha Leal Freitas UFRGS — Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6164-465X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57759/aham2015.36785

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a methodological exercise that examines the potentialities and limitations of different sources used in a population study for the captaincy of Rio Grande de São Pedro, the southernmost region of Portuguese America. This methodological exercise was carried out by using data obtained by comparing the information from population maps commissioned by the Crown, and the Confessional Rolls or Libri Status Animarum (parish registers required by the Catholic Church). Based on these documents we have tried to establish demographic indicators to determine the degree of congruence between these sources.

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2024-10-08

How to Cite

Scott, A. S. V., Berute, G. S., Scott, D., Silva, J. F. da, & Freitas, D. T. L. (2024). Counting colonial populations: a comparative exercise between ecclesiastical and civil sources from the southernmost region of Portuguese America in the late colonial period. Anais De História De Além-Mar, 16, 281–312. https://doi.org/10.57759/aham2015.36785