Talk:War of Canudos

No mention of being a monarchist rebellion?

Why there is no mention that Canudos was a monarchist rebellion? See below:

"Convém que examine, mais detidamente, as idéias políticas de Antonio Conselheiro. Seu pensamento baseava-se no princípio de que 'todo poder legítimo é emanação da Onipotência etern de Deus e está sujeito a uma regra divina, tanto na ordem temporal como na espiritual, de sorte que, obedecendo ao pontífice, ao príncipe, ao pai, a quem é realmente ministro de Deus para o bem, a Deus só obedecemos". Reconhecia a legitimidade da monarquia pela delegação do poder divino, em contraposição à ilegitimidade da República: 'Quem não sabe que o digno príncipe, o Senhor dom Pedro III, tem poder legitimamente constituído por Deus para governar o Brasil? Quem não sabe que o seu digno avô o senhor D. Pedro 2º, de saudosa memória, não obstante ter sido vítima de uma traição a ponto de ser lançado fora do seu governo, recebendo tão pesado golpe, que prevalece o sue direito e, consequentemente, só a sua real família tem poder para governar o Brasil?"

"Para o pregador, o fim da monarquia ligava-se á abolição da escravidão, pois ao cumprir a vontade divina a Princesa Isabel 'arrancou o ódio da maior parte daqueles a quem esse povo estava sujeito'."

Source: Mônaco Janotti, Maria de Lourdes. Os Subversivos da República. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 1986, p.154.

Note: The word "príncipe" in the text is not "prince" but it means "monarch" or "ruler". And Antonio Conselheiro blamed the rich landowner who once owned slaves for overthrowning the monarch and who kept the people under their grasp ("arrancou o ódio da maior parte daqueles a quem esse povo estava sujeito"). --Lecen (talk) 11:38, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Revision?

I believe this article needs revision to include direct citations rather than a bibliographic summary. The issue isn't a matter of form so much as it is a matter of reliable sources. While the only knowledge I have of this event comes from War of the End of the World by Vargas Llosa, the article as it is currently written seems to use *only* that work as its source. Put another way, all the events, people, and most importantly numbers, are *extremely* similar to the book, which would be unlikely if they were truly drawn from multiple sources (not to mention the fact that the book is a work of historical fiction). Although Llosa likely did research the War of Canudos in writing his book, it seems suspicious that so much of the information matches. Orangeturtle411 (talk) 10:14, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose that most of the content of Canudos be merged into War of Canudos, seen the fact that Canudos talks mostly about the history of the war, and not so much about the town itself. A town by this name still exists today, so I propose that, after merging the "war" part, that page be used for a broader overview about the town of Canudos. Umburana (talk) 14:56, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Catholic church involvement?

"Landowners, the catholic church, and political elites resolved to crush the movement"

source: Levine RM. 1992 Vale of Tears: revisiting the canudos massacre in northeastern brazil 1893-1897. Berkley: Univ Calif Press — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.68.252 (talk) 02:25, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Fanaticism

Use of the term fanatics and fanaticism in the article is an unsubstantiated value judgment that coincides with the government and media propaganda used during the period concerned to justify the government's actions. Removed.