A Filipeia de Nossa Senhora das Neves na união das coroas ibéricas: séculos XVI e XVII

This work aims to map the documents from the period of the Iberian Union, which comprises from 1580 to 1640, specifically in the Spanish domain, in the city of Joao Pessoa, in the State of Paraiba (Brazil). The study is part of a larger project promoted by the Brazilian embassy in Spain, entitled “The history of Brazil in Documents conserved in Spain, identification and dissemination”, linked to the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), the University of Brasilia and the University Federal of Paraiba. The methodological framework was based on exploratory research, and the Historical and Geographical Institute of Paraiba (IHGP) and the Ecclesiastical Archive of the Archdiocese of Paraiba, both in the city of Joao Pessoa, were used as a research field. In this way, it is intended to search for traces, to verify links and connections, in permanent documents, of the presence of the Spanish domain, which are striking in the city of Joao Pessoa, founded in Colonial Brazil in the 16th century.