Costa, Fernando Dores2023-10-242023-10-2420221645-6432PURE: 74332648PURE UUID: 51f50f67-b887-49b8-a14b-a6f44d87a23bhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/159248UIDB/04209/2020 UIDP/04209/2020Alexandre Herculano stated that Mouzinho da Silveira was a superior and even brilliant man for the reason that he was a verb; the incarnation of an idea, the personification of a great social fact. This great fact is what was called, in the interpretive framework inspired by the French Revolution, the abolition of “feudalism” in Portugal, a profound social change. However, the scope and consequences of the law of forais were unexpected and not the result of a project.10271294engLegislatorLiberalismFeudalism (abolition)EmphyteusisRevolutionjournal article10.26300/yrvm-qk67