Percursos de um homem de letras nos Oitocentos

as múltiplas faces de Marcelino Pinto Ribeiro Duarte

Abstract

This article discusses the political trajectory of priest Marcelino Duarte, a native of the state of Espírito Santo then a
peripheral province of Brazil, who became notorious in the political life of the Regency period. The priest kept different
political orientations throughout his life, from government supporter to an exaltado liberal became eventually
a caramuru. Based on different sources, we investigated his family relationships, political vocabulary, network of
contacts and political alliances, aiming to understand his complex personality and his ability to adapt to the intense
political transformations of the period. The results of the research, whose main contribution is to better understand
the trajectories of this first generation of men of politics in Brazil, suggest that Marcelino was both a person who
ascended in politics on his own merits and for belonging to the political establishment of the time.