Atlantic Crossroads in Lisbon's New Golden Age, 1668-1750.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farnsworth, Cacey Bowen.

Series:

Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755 Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lisbon (Portugal)--History--17th century.

Lisbon (Portugal).

Lisbon (Portugal)--History--18th century.

Lisbon (Portugal)--Civilization--17th century.

Lisbon (Portugal)--Civilization--18th century.

Lisbon (Portugal)--Civilization--Foreign influences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Long dependent on the Asian spice trade, Portugal suffered serious setbacks during the period of political union with Spain (1580-1640), as the Dutch and others seized key regions and destroyed commercial monopolies. By 1668, the greatest hope for a renewed Portuguese empire lay to the west. This book examines the "Atlanticization" of Lisbon during the early modern era, investigating the social, economic, religious, and political evolution that took place in Portugal's capital during a period of upheaval and transformation in Europe and in the Atlantic world.In this book, Cacey Bowen Farnsworth shows how, between 1668 and 1750, Lisbon became a crossroads where colonial developments intermingled with metropolitan and global influences to produce something novel among European port capitals. Drawing from extensive primary and secondary sources from Portugal, Brazil, England, France, and Spain, Farnsworth lays out how Lisbon's transformations were generated in commercial exchanges, especially the slave trade, as well as in the often-tense arrangements between the British and the Portuguese, and he shows how social, economic, cultural, and religious transformations made Lisbon a unique center of encounter.Responding to valid criticisms of Atlantic history, Farnsworth's history of early modern Lisbon demonstrates that historians do not always have to defer to a global lens of analysis. It is sure to be of value to any researcher interested in early modern Iberia, commerce, and globalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note Concerning Orthography

Introduction: A City Transformed

1 Black Influences in Atlantic Lisbon

2 The English in Atlantic Lisbon

3 Keeping Lisbon Catholic

4 Economic Change in Atlanticized Lisbon

5 Atlantic Opulence and the Local Manifestations of a Developing Royal Absolutism

Conclusion: A City Lost

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780271099101

0271099100

9780271099095

0271099097

OCLC:

1482014336