ABSTRACT
The present study discusses the earliest years of existence of the village of Jaicós, located in the semiarid region of the state of Piauí, through the analysis of the spaces of sociabilities coursed by Father Marcos de Araújo Costa, which are related to the foundation and daily life of the village between the years of 1832 and 1850. Father Marcos, who held several positions within the framework of the provincial administration, became an active player in the process of foundation and construction of the village of Jaicós. This inspired our choice of methodology, which used parts of his life as the starting point for the writing. It is understood that Father Marcos occupied spaces that are exceptional to the proposed discussion. In order to perform the research, besides the existing literature on the object of the study, we could count on the documentation of the collection of the Public Archive of the State of Piauí, where we found documents that enabled us to develop new views about the constitution and daily life of the village of Jaicós, as well as reflections about other dimensions of the local social fabric during the studied period.
Keywords:
history; city; biography; Piauí; 19th Century