PRIESTS LENSES OF EMPIRE

SECULARIZATION AND PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN PARAHYBA NORTHERN

Abstract

The secularization of education began to manifest itself in Europe. more effectively. in the late eighteenth century, and more particularly in the nineteenth century. In Brazil, came slowly become recurring theme in the latter half of the nineteenth century from instructional proposals and legislative speeches. The Brazilian government as a monarchy, had the patronage system, where the Church was subject to the orders of royalty. Including the related choice of ecclesiastical leadership. In daily administrative relations related instruction in the provinces, the state however, followed a logical dependency. Priests were greatly responsible for education in a world that was becoming, but in a specific way. Our article aims to reflect on clerical presence in public education Parahyba the North, in the last days of the imperial period, as a way to perceive the evidence of a transition between models and dynamic European corporate hybrid Brazilian. Our article aims to reflect on clerical presence in public education Parahyba the North, in the last days of the imperial period, as a way of perceiving the signs of a transition process between corporate models European and Brazilian cultural dynamics. Notably in the sphere of school spaces, heavily influenced by the Catholic universe.