Abstract

CUNHA, Gilmara Rodrigues da  and  VASCONCELOS, Maria Celi Chaves. Reminiscences of the first teacher of d. Pedro II: Mariana Carlota de Verna. Rev. Educ. Questão [online]. 2022, vol.60, n.63, e-28494.  Epub Feb 22, 2023. ISSN 1981-1802.  https://doi.org/10.21680/1981-1802.2022v60n63id28494.

The study addresses the trajectory of Mariana Carlota de Verna as the first teacher of d. Pedro II, and what led her, later, to receive the title of Countess of Belmonte. The main objective is to highlight the circumstances in which she assumed the position of preceptor of the heir to the throne of Brazil and some of the difficulties she faced to remain in it until the sovereign’s majority. On a more specific level, we sought her mentions in the periodicals of the time, analyzing how she was seen and portrayed in the nineteenth-century society of the Second Reign. The methodological procedures refer to a historical and essentially documental research, whose sources were, to a large extent, consulted in the personal archive of a countess’ descendant, besides being collected in periodicals from the newspaper library of the National Library and in studies already carried out on her. We concluded that Mariana Carlota de Verna had a strong influence on the emperor, although she kept a certain discretion in relation to her position, being considered the reference of maternal affection for d. Pedro II.

Keywords : Mariana Carlota de Verna; Preceptor; D; Pedro II; Brazil Empire.

        · abstract in Portuguese | Spanish     · text in English | Portuguese     · English ( pdf ) | Portuguese ( pdf )