The agrarian issue in the Contestado

diversity of conflicts and motivations

Abstract

This article reflects about the intensity, relevance and timing of the manifestation of the agrarian question in the Contestado movement, considering the regional diversity achieved by the expansion of the peasant movement and the different natures of agrarian conflicts in progress before and during the Contestado War (1912-1916). This study considers that the meeting of the initial core of the axis from Taquaruçu to Caraguatá was formed by a peasant group that creator of the holy cities project, followers of the monks, but it was not a region impacted by serious processes of land concentration. The agrarian question was more pronounced in the regions of expansion of the movement, outside the initial nucleus. The diversity of a social profiles and local conflicts in the expansion of the movement beyond its original nucleus is highlighted.

Keywords: Contestado War. Agrarian Question. Contestado social movement.