A teoria da história como hermenêutica da historiografia: uma interpreta？？o de Do Império à República, de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda

this text features an interpretation of from the empire to the republic, the book by sérgio buarque de holanda that re-enacts brazil's late 19th century political history. based on concepts developed by the historical theorist j？rn rüsen, the article delves particularly into three aspects of the aforementioned book: the theoretical artefacts structuring the interpretation of the crisis of the brazilian monarchy; the narrative patterns deployed so as to make sense of that past experience; and the orientation context that functions as source of criteria of sense/meaning for both interpretation and representation. this analysis intends to illustrate that historical theory is not only a means to abstractly explore the complex questions connected to the production of historical knowledge, but also a tool for obtaining concrete images about the intellectual practice of professional historians.