ABSTRACT
The counterrevolutionary regime of King D. Miguel (Portugal, 1828-1834) was marked by fierce persecution of its opponents. They were accused of defending constitutionalism and of supporting D. Pedro I of Brazil. Many of them were arrested and some were prosecuted. One of them was the Brazilian surgeon José Faustino Gomes. He was born in the province of Pernambuco and lived in Torres Vedras, a village near Lisbon. He was caught in 1831 by miguelists militias under the accusation of being blasphemous, liberal and also of having taken part in a "Revolution in Brazil". This article addresses Faustino's trajectory, especially in the Province of Pernambuco, in order to understand aspects of the context of Brazilian independence and of the reign of D. Miguel.
Keywords:
revolution; counterrevolution; liberalism; irreligion, Pernambuco; miguelism