A german orientalist in Imperial Brazil. Christian Friedrich Seybold, D. Pedro II's tutor

Authors

  • Adriano Mafra Faculdade Municipal de Palhoça Palhoça – Santa Catarina – Brasil
  • Christiane Stallaert University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2015.106223

Keywords:

Imperial Brazil, oriental studies, Ch. F. Seybold

Abstract

This article aims at discussing the relationship between the second emperor of Brazil, Pedro d’Alcântara, and his tutor of Semitic and oriental languages, the German orientalist Christian Friedrich Seybold (1859-1921). By reading the monarch’s diaries we could find a huge amount of references to the German orientalist, which reveals, in a certain way, the importance of this tutor in d. Pedro II’s life. However, whereas Seybold’s presence is frequently observed in the emperor’s diaries, strangely enough this close contact during five years was not taken into consideration by the emperor’s biographers, being summarized in some lines and sparse allusions. From a critical rereading of the sources, we attempt to bring to light new data for the bio-bibliographic study of Seybold who contributed actively to d. Pedro II’s intellectual life and who accompanied the emperor in exile until his last days of life.

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Author Biographies

  • Adriano Mafra, Faculdade Municipal de Palhoça Palhoça – Santa Catarina – Brasil

    Doutor em Estudos da Tradução pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e em Translation Science pela University of Antwerp - Bélgica. Membro do Núcleo de Estudo de Processos Criativos (UFSC). Professor colaborador da Faculdade Municipal de Palhoça e da Rede Municipal de Ensino em Bombinhas/SC.

     
  • Christiane Stallaert, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Doutora em Antropologia Social e Cultural e professora titular da cátedra de Estudos Ibéricos e Comunicação Intercultural, Faculty of Arts, Department of Translation and Interpreting, University of Antwerp (Bélgica).

Published

2015-12-17

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How to Cite

MAFRA, Adriano; STALLAERT, Christiane. A german orientalist in Imperial Brazil. Christian Friedrich Seybold, D. Pedro II’s tutor. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 173, p. 303–327, 2015. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2015.106223. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/106223.. Acesso em: 1 jun. 2024.