The Brazil's court society making process can be understood, under the light of Norbert Elias theory, if it was considered, at least, two historical important aspects: 1) codes and rules of sociability developed into the Brazilian court and publicized by good manners books, like Código de Bom-tom, written by the Portuguese canon José Inácio Roquette, published in Portugal in 1845, and by the diffusion and consumption of moral novels, both of them an obligatory reading inside noble circles in Brazil during the Regency (1808-1822) and Imperial State (1822-1889); 2) the Brazilian National State constitution requires to examine the role and importance of slavery in its formation and maintenance, considering such slavery as a deep obstacle for the civilizing process diffusion in the entire Brazilian society at that time and so on.
Imperial Brazil; Court Society; Norbert Elias; Brazilian National State; Slavery