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Manuel Emílio Gomes de Carvalho
1859–1919
Best known for a detailed study of Brazil’s representatives in the Portuguese Cortes of 1821, this Brazilian writer focused on turning key political moments into readable history. His surviving work points to a strong interest in Brazil’s early nineteenth-century path toward independence.
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Os deputados brasileiros nas Côrtes Geraes de 1821
by Manuel Emílio Gomes de Carvalho
About the author
Born in Vassouras, in the province of Rio de Janeiro, on February 20, 1859, he was a Brazilian author whose published work centers on history and politics. Library and catalog records identify him as the author of Os deputados brasileiros nas Côrtes Geraes de 1821, and also connect him with D. João III e os francezes, another historical study.
His best-known book examines the Brazilian deputies who took part in the Portuguese Cortes of 1821, a crucial episode in the years leading to Brazilian independence. That focus suggests a writer drawn to archival research and to the political ties between Brazil and Portugal.
Records also note that he died in Menton, in the south of France, in 1919, at the age of 61. Detailed biographical information appears to be scarce online, so what survives most clearly is the work itself: careful historical writing about formative moments in Brazil’s past.