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ON INDIVIDUALS AS ACTORS OF HISTORY: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE ARTICLE BY PATRICK PUIGMAL1 1 Text linked to the Project Cientista do Nosso Estado/FAPERJ, 2018-2021 (Guerra civil, motim e revolução nos primórdios do Império do Brasil: os panfletos políticos de 1822-1825), and to the CNPq and Prociência/UERJ Productivity Scholarship. FAPERJ bore the costs of the translation into English, and I thank Camila Elias for the translation.

Abstract

In this article, we discuss some reflections suggested by Patrick Puigmal in his article “Military and Napoleonic Agents in the Independence of Latin America: From Forgers of the New Armies to Actors of the Political Debate” (translation by the author), and raise some questions about the action of these individuals in the Ibero-American independence processes. Based on a theoretical analysis of political history with its new assumptions, which included biographical studies and a broader history, we sought to extract the most essential points from the article, especially those highlighting Brazil’s case. We further analyzed the exchanges and circulation of men and ideas and their meetings in Ibero-America so as to go beyond a history solely focused on national borders.

Keywords:
Napoleon Bonaparte; independence of Ibero-America; military; cultural transmitters; Atlantic history

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