São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. História. Tradições

In this book the author sets out to study the town council of Brazil’s capital, its functions and evolution, its different locations, the various names given to it, and the honors granted it by the kings of Portugal and by the emperors of Brazil. The last chapter deals with the different burial places of the remains of Estácio de Sá, the founder of Rio de Janeiro. After studying the foundation of the city and the origin of the municipality in Portugal the author considers the different places where the council met from the very beginning until nowadays. The council has been successively called Concelho, Senado da Câmara, Câmara Municipal da Côrte, Câmara Municipal. Names of the first members of the council and of a few others in different times are given in the book. The work does not present any new material and is based on secondary sources, but it has the merit of making some useful information accessible. The bibliography is poor; one book is listed twice, and information given about the books is very incomplete.