Histoire du Brésil

Histoire du BrésilSéries

Cette série plonge dans le passé riche et complexe de la plus grande nation d'Amérique du Sud. Elle retrace des moments cruciaux de l'ère coloniale à la formation du Brésil moderne, révélant les intrigues, les luttes de pouvoir et les transformations culturelles qui ont façonné le pays. Les lecteurs acquièrent une profonde compréhension des événements politiques et sociaux qui ont défini son identité unique. Elle offre un voyage historique captivant rempli de rebondissements dramatiques et de personnages fascinants.

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1808: The Flight of the Emperor

How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World

Laurentino Gomes

352pages
13 heures de lecture

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Incapable of fending off Napoleon, Portugal's Prince Regent Joao ruling since 1799 in the stead of his demented mother bluffed France with promises of surrender while signing a secret agreement with Britain to secure safe passage to Brazil for Joao and his entire court, comprising up to 15,000 people. On November 29, 1807, the fleet set sail from Lisbon, leaving Portugal at the mercy of Napoleon. During the 13 years that Joao reigned in exile from Rio de Janeiro, Portugal lost one-sixth of its population half a million people due to emigration, starvation, or in battle. Meanwhile, "the idle, corrupt, and wasteful" royal court stayed financially afloat by levying taxes on Brazilians and granting titles in exchange for donations from wealthy colonists many of them slave traffickers.