What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 21, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on June 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook describes the court's move to Rio as the first time an empire was governed from a colony rather than its metropolis.
“this is the first time in history that an empire has been governed not from the metropolis, but from a colony”
The Rest Is History: 681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5) (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 13:03
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681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5)The Rest Is History · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Brazil's national anthem from Dom Pedro I's independence hymn through decades without lyrics to its 1922 text and protest uses.
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