Under Napoleon's sign: The 1808's Constitutional Pledge

Authors

  • António Manuel Hespanha Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Faculdade de Direito

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i7p80-101

Keywords:

France, Portuguese Empire, constitution, revolution, political history

Abstract

In Portugal, political affairs didn't cease to exist once the Royal Family and courtesans fled to Brazil. Quite the opposite, a complex situation that involved the King's absence, a government held by a Committee not entirely legitimate, the French invasions and the influence of liberal ideas (being spread throughout Europe by Masonic Lodges) generated political turmoil, making it interesting for Junot to profit in the name of French interests (despite all, the bearers of a revolutionary spirit). Napoleon's request of a Constitution for Portugal took place exactly in this context, along with political activities such as the envoy of a "representative" Embassy to the Emperor. Attached to the article two original documents: the "Pledge to Napoleon, May 24th 1807, by the Three States Committee" and the "Constitutional Statute of the Warsaw Duchy".

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Published

2008-05-01

Issue

No. 7 (2008)

Section

Articles

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