Overview

Showcasing texts by Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian authors, this volume demonstrates the wealth of the political thought of early modern Portugal and its empire. Gathering together important texts on social order, government, and politics by authors who made a significant contribution to the development of early modern Portugal, it demonstrates that Portugal was the setting for vibrant political debate, often shaped by, and emerging in response to, very particular assumptions, circumstances, and concerns. Combining a chronological approach with in-depth thematic sections, the book explores how some controversies that took place in Portugal centred on themes similar to those in other European countries, while others were linked to the specific nature and history of the Portuguese monarchy and its interactions with other polities. It thus offers an overview of the main debates on politics and government and contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the multifaceted history of European political ideas.

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'The book is exceptional. It will prove invaluable for scholars of modern intellectual history and political thought and help to better integrate Portugal into the broader European intellectual history as well as into Latin American political thought.' Eduardo Schmidt Passos, The Review of Politics

Author Information

Pedro Cardim is Associate Professor of History at the New University of Lisbon where he specializes in the history of the early modern Iberian world. He is the co-editor of The Iberian World: 1450-1820 (2019). Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro is Research Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon where he specializes in early modern and modern social, institutional and political history. He has coordinated several international research projects and published more than two hundred titles. He is the co-editor of Um Reino e Suas Repúblicas no Atlântico: Comunicações políticas entre Portugal, Brasil e Angola nos séculos XVII e XVIII (2017).

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