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The Brazilian origins of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution

2011; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 41; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0265691411405137

1461-7110

Gabriel Paquette,

History of Colonial Brazil

The dissolution of the Luso-Brazilian empire weakened, but did not destroy, the political, intellectual and economic connections between Portugal and Brazil. This article argues that Portuguese and Brazilian politics remained entangled in the late 1820s, well after Independence. Using Portugal’s 1826 Constitution, or Carta Constitucional, as a test case, the article examines the intellectual influences shaping the Carta, investigates its Brazilian ‘origins’, analyses its reception in Portugal, and traces the reaction to it by Europe’s leading geopolitical powers.