Pousinho, Nuno Manuel Camejo Carriço2021-09-152021-09-1520211647-3078PURE: 32821236PURE UUID: 4459c298-da8a-4a8b-b93a-bbb18c5b0b21http://hdl.handle.net/10362/124583UIDB/04209/2020 UIDP/04209/2020A transição entre Antigo Regime e o Liberalismo significou uma alteração profunda nos modelos de representação política e social. Se no passado no acesso aos lugares de destaque se privilegiava o nascimento e a predominância social da chamada “gente da governança”, com o poder económico baseado na posse da terra, o Liberalismo apostou na meritocracia, promovendo outras formas de acumular fortuna. Porém, as continuidades foram evidentes e as antigas elites souberam adaptar-se, aumentando o seu poder económico, político e social. Foram estesos casos das famílias dos Vaz Preto e Tavares Proença na Beira Baixa. The transition between the Old Regime and Liberalism meant a profound change in the models of political and social representation. If in the past when accessing prom-inent places, the birth and social predominance of the so-called “governance people” were privileged, with economic power based on land tenure, Liberalism bet on mer-itocracy, promoting other ways of accumulating fortune. However, the continuities were evident and the old elites were able to adapt, increasing their economic, polit-ical and social power. These were the cases of the Vaz Preto and Tavares Proença families in Beira Baixa.16323005porBeira BaixaElitesVaz PretoTavares ProençaAntigo RegimeLiberalismoOld RegimeLiberalismjournal articlehttp://mediacoes.ese.ips.pt/index.php/mediacoesonline/article/view/280