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Having achieved international fame during his lifetime and becoming the political figure most written
about inside and outside his native country, the national importance of the Marquis of Pombal
was confirmed in 1934, when a monumental statue was erected in his honor in the center of Lisbon,
Pombal. However, until today he is the object of polemics and controversies, in universities and at the
tables of bars, where, throughout history, supporters and opposers of his political and administrative
acts dispute primacy, making the mythology of the Marquis of Pombal something alive in Portuguese
culture. In addition to taking care of his own image, Pombal organized a powerful propaganda scheme
that did not exclude symbolic paintings, medals, panegyrics, sonnets and theatrical plays in his honor,
exerting absolute control over his own biography. However, if during his government his supporters
and sycophants glorified him, there were few who remained by his side after the death of D. José and
his fall from government, during the so-called “viradeira”. This book, which brings together a team of
experienced researchers dedicated to studying of the Pombaline period, is a proof that the Marquis of
Pombal, being one of the most fascinating and controversial characters in European history, is part of a
central and decisive moment in the history of the Portuguese empire, but also in the process of organization
and unification of Brazil.
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Obra sob a coordenação de: José Eduardo Franco, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Christine Vogel
Keywords
Marquês de Pombal, 1699-1782 Iluminismo Portugal Brasil Alemanha Rússia Cultura Sociedade Receção historiográfica Marquis of Pombal, 1699-1782 Enlightenment Portugal Brazil Germany Russia Culture Society Historiographical reception
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Universität Vechta/Theya Editores/Editora Criação