Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil
Event in History
Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
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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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
Episodes
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.