Lisbon, new Rome and emporium: comparing an early modern imperial capital, 1550–1750
Saúl Martínez Bermejo
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 with metaphors New Rome other classical motifs. This article explores how various writers asserted Lisbon's greatness civic identity this shared comparative discourse. More particularly, it shows they defended its changing political status as capital while also developing strong commercial discourse that centred on the city an emporium. Views descriptions Lisbon port paralleled London in particular, both were increasingly defined paradigms commerce.
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