A independ?ncia de Portugal : hist?ria, progresso e decad?ncia na obra de Francisco Solano Const?ncio (1808-1840).

Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Hist?ria. Departamento de Hist?ria, Instituto de Ci?ncias Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.Nesta disserta??o, buscou-se compreender como o fen?meno da Independ?ncia do Brasil alterou a experi?ncia da hist?ria portuguesa. A partir da trajet?ria intelectual do letrado luso, Francisco Solano Const?ncio (1777-1846), autor completamente imerso nos debates acerca da Independ?ncia, tornou-se poss?vel acompanhar a constru??o e o esgotamento de estruturas narrativas e conceituais fundamentais para o realinhamento da rela??o entre Portugal e Brasil ap?s 1808. Priorizou-se, a partir de diversos textos do autor, incluindo sua Hist?ria do Brasil (1839), a an?lise dos conceitos fundamentais de hist?ria, progresso e decad?ncia em sua narrativa, bem como a produ??o ou diminui??o do distanciamento hist?rico entre ambos os reinos. A partir desta an?lise, buscou-se descrever e compreender quais expectativas foram rompidas ou intensificadas a partir da separa??o pol?tica que dificultou o restabelecimento de um sentido positivo para a hist?ria de Portugal em fun??o da perda do Brasil.This dissertation sought to understand how the phenomenon of the Independence of Brazil changed the experience of Portuguese history. Based on the intellectual trajectory of the Portuguese scholar, Francisco Solano Const?ncio (1777-1846), author completely immersed in the discourses of the Independence, became possible to follow the construction and the exhaustion of the narratives and conceptual fundamental structures for the realignment of the relationship between Portugal and Brazil after 1808. The analysis of the fundamental concepts of history, progress and decadence, as well as the production or decrease of the historical distance between both kingdoms, was prioritized from the different texts of the author, including his Hist?ria do Brasil (1839). From this analysis, we sought to describe and understand what expectations were broken or intensified from the political separation that has hindered the reestablishment of a positive sense for the history of Portugal due to the loss of Brazil