O conselho naval no oitocentos: propostas para o estudo da relação entre civis e militares no Império

Abstract

This essay aims to propose some reflections about the possibilities of study on the military and military institutions from the social history. Using the Naval Council, an advisory body created in the organizational structure of the Secretariat of State for the Navy in the Second Empire, we propose the study of the relationship between civilians and military from the first insertion of the military. In addition to widespread ignorance about the role of this institution to the Navy Ministry and the Imperial State in general, does not know the role of the Naval Council of monarchy among the institutions through which circulated the elites of the Empire, because, since its Initially, the institution in question was occupied by great personalities such as the Viscount of Rio Branco and Zacarias de Goes e Vasconcelos.

Keywords

• Empire of Brazil
• Navy
• Naval Council