Debate about a forgotten narrative: Viscount of Araxá’s memoirs on the 1842 Revolt

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a little-known document to the public, in which a veteran of the Revolt of 1842, Domiciano Leite Ribeiro, Viscount of Araxá, tell some episodes of it, a well-written amd even fun narrative, with cases set in Aiuruoca, Baependi and São João Del Rei. After basic information about the author and about the 1842 Revolt, the fight for the memory of the revolt was discussed, the episodes remembered by Domiciano were contextualized and commented, and in the end the document, very little known, was attached.