Title  International Circulation and Liberalism: Portuguese Liberal Exile, 1828–1832
Author  Fábio Alexandre Faria
Advisors Maria João Vaz and Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves 
Year 2015 
Institution  Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE)
Degree  Masters
Area  Modern and Contemporary History 
Keywords  Political exile; Exiles; Liberals; Europeanised individuals; International circulations; England
URI  https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/10440

Abstract 

In the revolutionary European context of the early of 19th century, after Don Miguel return to Portugal from his exile in Viena and take the Portuguese throne for himself, in 1828, thousands of liberals, escaping from absolutist persecution, abandoned their country and started the largest Portuguese exile of the19th century. In spite being a phenomenon totally political, the Portuguese liberal exile of 1828-1832, was an experience more ample, including a diversity of dimensions. Never losing its political component, strongly present, it was also a phenomenon of high social, cultural and intellectual importance, with visible repercussions after liberal victory in Portuguese civil war of 1832-1834. This thesis analyses each one of these dimensions and shows that the exile, in spite of all the difficulties, contributed to the cultural and intellectual development of Portugal.