Summary
Introduction 7
1 A housewife against the governors and a “sertaneja” rebel 19
2 Two widows and one work 31
3 The pioneer daughters in the hinterland 41
4 The owners and their possessions. Financial problems 45
5 Wives and widows of the Minas Gerais rebels 55
6 Fighting for your assets 61
7 Tutorials and Administrators 69
8 Conventual reclusion 77
9 Macaúbas 85
10 Married or nun, never single 93
11 Abducted Maiden 99
12 Equality of status and age equality in marriage 105
13 A Divorce Case 117
14 Transgressor Housewives
15 Priests concubines 135
16 Sick housewives: doctor, surgeon or healer? 143
17 A proper religiosity 155
18 More honorable graces for men, more housewives in Minas Gerais high society 167
19 Greater literacy and sociability 173
Concluding: a new research area in Minas History 181
Sources 185
Bibliographic references 193