Brasil bajo influencia napoleónica y francesa. Los mensajeros de la independencia: militares, libreros y periodistas

Abstract

The classic historiography presents Brazilian Independence as a singular event, generally isolated from what was happening in the rest of the continent and without reference to the military and political Napoleonic influence. This article has as its main purpose to understand Brazilian emancipation in a much broader context and to demonstrate the ample Napoleonic presence and infl uence within military struggles in the construction of the new State allowing the integration of Brazil into a movement already experience by the rest of the continent.