ResumoNeste artigo analisa-se o papel de D. António da Costa no desenvolvimento do ensino público e popular em Portugal, na segunda metade do século XIX. Destaca-se a criação das bibliotecas populares, um dos instrumentos da instrução popular previstos no projeto concebido pelo homem que inaugurou o cargo de ministro da Instrução Pública em Portugal. A sua intervenção ultrapassou a duração deste cargo, iniciandose uma década antes e prolongando-se depois, através da implementação das bibliotecas populares. Conhecedor da realidade do seu tempo e do seu país, D. António da Costa assumiu posições conciliadoras, acreditando que o sucesso das suas propostas dependia da articulação das iniciativas públicas e privadas, laicas e religiosas, num contexto de intervenção política descentralizada. Palavras-chave: biblioteca popular, instrução popular, instrução pública. D. ANTÓNIO DA COSTA, A DEFENDER OF POPULAR EDUCATION IN PORTUGAL IN THE XIX CENTURY AbstractThis article analyzes the role of D. António da Costa concerning the development of public and popular education in Portugal in the second half of the nineteenth century. Special emphasis is given to the creation of popular libraries, one of the popular education tools provided in the project designed by the man who was the first Minister of Public Education in Portugal His intervention surpassed the time of this position, starting a decade earlier and extending after it, through the implementation of popular libraries. An expert of the reality of his time and his country, D. António da Costa took conciliatory positions, believing that the success of their proposals depended on the coordination of public and private laic and religious initiatives in a decentralized political intervention scope.
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