Abstract
The reign of D. Miguel (1828-1834) brought an end to the first Portuguese liberal experiment and was marked by an intense political repression against its opponents. A veritable “antimiguelist international” was organized to confront the absolute monarch, congregating militants from Brazil, Hispanic America, Spain and Italy, among other countries. Drawing, as its main source, from the political proceedings of D. Miguel’s reign deposited at the National Archives of Torre do Tombo, in Lisbon, this paper aims at elucidating the transit of people and ideas, stressing the contrasts existing between the American and European contexts.
Key words:
liberalism; absolutism; miguelism.