Abstract

A Sociedade Pública d'Agricultura e Comércio da Província do Minho, proposta à Rainha D.ª Maria Iª pelos homens de negócio de Viana em 1784, não chegou a ser criada. Apesar de inspirada no modelo idealizado ao tempo de Pombal para o Douro vinhateiro em 1756, a Mesa da Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto-Douro, ouvida a pedido da rainha sobre a criação de tal instituto, opôs-se tenazmente à sua instituição. O presente estudo pretende dar a conhecer as principais razões dessa oposição, evidenciando o conflito de interesses entre ambos os institutos. The Public Society of Agriculture and Commerce of the Minho Province , proposed to Queen Maria I of Portugal by the businessmen of Viana in 1784, was never actually created. Despite being inspired by the model idealised at the time of Marquis of Pombal for the wine-growing Douro in 1756, the Board of the General Company for the Agriculture of the Upper-Douro Vineyards , heard at the request of the Queen on the subject of the creation of such institute, was fiercely opposed to its institution. The present study aims at making known the main reasons for this opposition, highlighting the conflict of interests between both institutes