PORTUGAL. Peça (Au. 14.25g/32mm). 1828. Lisbon. Michael I (1828-1834). (Gomes 15.01; Fr 136). Almost Extremely Fine. Oxidations cleaned. Nice and rare specimen.
Following in the footsteps of neighboring Spain, immersed in the well-known ominous decade, Miguel I inaugurates the period known as "Miguelismo". The staunch defense of conservative and absolutist ideas and the persecution of anything that reflected any hint of liberality are the hallmarks of this turbulent period in Portugal's recent history. The liberal wave that swept Europe from the 1930s, which ended with the absolutist regime of Charles X of France, the main supporter of the Portuguese monarchy, together with the return to Portugal of the failed Emperor of Brazil and his brother Pedro I, led to the start of a civil war, his defeat and subsequent exile to Germany, thus disappearing completely from the European political scene.
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