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Lisbon, new Rome and emporium: comparing an early modern imperial capital, 1550–1750

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

SAÚL MARTÍNEZ BERMEJO
SAÚL MARTÍNEZ BERMEJO*
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología, C/ Madrid 128, Despacho 14.1.03, Madrid 28903, Spain
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Abstract:

Early modern European capitals competed to demonstrate their imperial status, and contemporary urban praise often drew comparisons between them, situating these cities within a shifting hierarchy. Authors frequently combined actual perceptions of cities with metaphors of a New Rome and other classical motifs. This article explores how various writers asserted Lisbon's greatness and civic identity within this shared comparative European discourse. More particularly, it shows how they defended its changing political status as a capital while also developing a strong commercial discourse that centred on the city as an emporium. Views and descriptions of Lisbon and its port paralleled contemporary descriptions of London in particular, as both cities were increasingly defined as paradigms of imperial commerce.

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Dyos Prize winner 2017
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Urban History , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , November 2017 , pp. 604 - 621
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