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Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Royal House of Portugal, Imperial House of Brazil
Author: The Royal House of Portugal
Author: Francis Henry GribblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portugal
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Braganzas
Author: Malyn NewittPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789141656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
For two hundred and seventy years, the House of Braganza provided the kings and queens of Portugal. During a period of momentous change, from 1640 to 1910, this influential family helped to establish Portuguese independence from their powerful Spanish neighbors and saved the monarchy and government from total destruction by the marauding armies of Napoleon. The Braganzas also ruled the vast empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889, successfully creating a unified nation and preventing the country from splitting into small warring states. In his fascinating reappraisal of the Braganza dynasty, Malyn Newitt traces the rise and fall of one of the world’s most important royal families. He introduces us to a colorful cast of innovators, revolutionaries, villains, heroes, and charlatans, from the absolutist Dom Miguel to the “Soldier King” Dom Pedro I, and recounts in vivid detail the major social, economic, and political events that defined their rule. Featuring an extensive selection of artworks and photographs, Newitt’s book offers a timely look at Britain’s “oldest ally” and the role of monarchy in the early modern European world.
Dom Pedro
Author: Neill MacaulayPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822306818
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Looks at the life of Dom Pedro, the first emperor of Brazil.
Empire Adrift
Author: Patrick WilckenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747568698
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In 1807, the Portuguese prince regent Dom João made an extraordinary decision. Although horrified by the idea of sea travel, Napoleon's troops were closing in on Lisbon so he opted to transplant his entire court and government to Portugal's largest colony, Brazil. 10,000 aristocrats, ministers, priests and servants clambered aboard the rickety fleet. After a rough passage they spilled off their ships bedraggled and lice-ridden to the astonishment of their new-world subjects. Thus began a thirteen-year period of imperial rule from a 'tropical Versailles' set against the city's jungle-clad mountains. But this only partially obscured the brutal workings of what was then the largest slaving port in the Americas. While the court grappled with the dark side of its own empire, Brazil was coming of age. Patrick Wilcken brings this remarkable period to the life, blending vivid contemporary testament with a rich evocation of a time in history when European royalty went native.
The Royal Houses of Europe
Author: Jacques ArnoldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780955116742
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The reigning Borbón House of Spain, together with the former reigning Bragança House of Portugal, and its off-shoot the former reigning imperial house of Brazil, are covered in this volume. The rival Carlist line of Spain is traced, as well as the Portuguese Miguelist line. The Spanish off-shoot House of the Two Sicilies is also covered in full. The Brazilian Orléans e Bragança dynasty, with its two claimants is detailed. Many related royal and noble houses both of Spain and Portugal (including the Dukedom of Loulé), and of Italy, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria and Poland are also included. 216 pages. 1st edition.
Every Inch a King
Author: Sergio Correa da CostaPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789125170
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This is the biography of one of the most colourful and dashing young monarchs who ever lived. His shortcomings—impulsiveness, quick temper, weakness for women—were offset by his truly generous nature. He became a surprising liberal, the only reigning monarch to defy and outwit Metternich, “the evil genius of the reaction,” and he was at one time offered the thrones of Spain and Greece. With a mad grandmother, a mother whose lovers and political intrigues were a court scandal, and a father who had little time to spare for his upbringing, Dom Pedro grew up in a dislocated family who had fled to the Portuguese colony of Brazil just before Napoleon’s armies overran the mother country. Formally uneducated, but brilliantly informed and acute, he separated the colony from Portugal and moulded it into a new nation, only to run counter to the still rising revolutionary tide and to abdicate his throne. Later he was to lead liberal-republican armies into Portugal itself and to secure the throne for his daughter, Maria da Gloria. This exciting story is told as only an artist in words could tell it, with an accuracy of detail and a wealth of colour and emotion that give the book a unique place among recent biographies. Throughout its pages, Brazilian history is related against a larger background in which England, Austria, Greece, Russia, the United States and Spain played important roles. Samuel Putnam, noted for his brilliant English version of Don Quixote, has translated the book into English.
Royal Government in Colonial Brazil
Author: Dauril AldenHistory of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover; and of the Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, Conferred for Naval and Military Services
Author: Sir Nicholas Harris NicolasPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The Brazil Reader
Author: James N. GreenPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822371790
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
From the first encounters between the Portuguese and indigenous peoples in 1500 to the current political turmoil, the history of Brazil is much more complex and dynamic than the usual representations of it as the home of Carnival, soccer, the Amazon, and samba would suggest. This extensively revised and expanded second edition of the best-selling Brazil Reader dives deep into the past and present of a country marked by its geographical vastness and cultural, ethnic, and environmental diversity. Containing over one hundred selections—many of which appear in English for the first time and which range from sermons by Jesuit missionaries and poetry to political speeches and biographical portraits of famous public figures, intellectuals, and artists—this collection presents the lived experience of Brazilians from all social and economic classes, racial backgrounds, genders, and political perspectives over the past half millennium. Whether outlining the legacy of slavery, the roles of women in Brazilian public life, or the importance of political and social movements, The Brazil Reader provides an unparalleled look at Brazil’s history, culture, and politics.