Liberal constitutionalists between two centers of power: Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon

This article is about the conflicts between absolutism and constitutionalism, both in Portugal and in Brazil. Pernambuco, in its turn, faced problems concerning the constitutionalism defended by the Regent Pedro, in Rio de Janeiro, and the constitutionalism of the twenties in Portugal. The revolutionaries of Pernambuco who survived the conflicts of 1817, take back the power in 1821, within a constitutionalist yet monarquist perspective.

Pernambuco; Constitutionalism; Liberalism