Royal funerals on the western frontier of Portuguese America

The aim of this work is to analyse the funeral ceremonies of the royal funerals in two towns in the Captaincy of Mato Grosso: Vila Real do Senhor Bom Jesus do Cuiabá and Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, between 1751 and 1816, considering that these practices express political and cultural representations in force in the Portuguese empire. We prioritised the cultural aspects present in the funeral ceremonies, within the political culture of the Ancien Régime, and their implications for the daily dynamics of the towns studied.