New Beginning (1750-1777)
Lusitania
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Hello, it is with great pleasure that we finally start posting the revised and updated "Rebirth of an Empire". To those not familiar with the original TL is it centered on Portugal and its empire. The TL starts in 1750 at the start of Joseph I reign and the appointment of the relative unknown Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo more commonly known as "Marquis of Pombal" as Portugal's new prime minister. iOTL this was a very tumultuous period in Portugal's history with much political intrigue, economic development as well as educational and religious reforms. Joseph I reign was defined by the "1755 Lisbon Earthquake" that provided the new prime minister an opportunity to rebuild Lisbon and with the blessing of king Joseph attempt to modernize Portugal and Portuguese society. In doing so he created a lot of enemies and at the forefront of Pombal's enemies was the heir to Portuguese throne Princess Maria (future Maria I).
In 1777 with the death of Joseph I he was dismissed by Queen Maria and exiled to his estate. During the next few decades many of Pombal's reforms were reversed and Portugal entered the 19th century still a poor, weak and backwards country. Today Pombal is viewed as one of Portugal's greatest leaders and the period following his death as a great missed opportunity to continue with his modernization and economic reforms.
This TL shows how a slightly different Pombaline government would have impacted not only Portugal during his lifetime but for future generations. The TL is separated into several books covering different time periods and/or reigns.
Lusitania & Thrudgelmir2333
Before we get to the first book we wanted to make the following statement:
"In the original version the writing style alternated between expository and narrative. This revised TL will be written exclusively using expository style. With this in mind we would like to invite fans of the TL to add and contribute narrative stories to the accompanying narrative TL"
NARRATIVE STORIES THREAD "Rebirth of an Empire "O Renascimento de um Império" v2.0 - Narrative Stories"
The first book "New Beginning (1750-1777)" coincides with the reign of Joseph I. The main sections of book 1 are as follows:
The Second book "Rebuilding, Transition and Tension (1777-1783)" coincides with the 1st half of the reign of Joseph II during Pombal late period. Follow the link below for listing of the main sections of Book 2:
The Third book "Growth of the Empire (1783-1799)" coincides with the 1st half of the reign of Joseph II post Pombaline Era. Follow the link below for listing of the main sections of Book 3:
Also as each chapter is added the links are updated above.
In 1777 with the death of Joseph I he was dismissed by Queen Maria and exiled to his estate. During the next few decades many of Pombal's reforms were reversed and Portugal entered the 19th century still a poor, weak and backwards country. Today Pombal is viewed as one of Portugal's greatest leaders and the period following his death as a great missed opportunity to continue with his modernization and economic reforms.
This TL shows how a slightly different Pombaline government would have impacted not only Portugal during his lifetime but for future generations. The TL is separated into several books covering different time periods and/or reigns.
Lusitania & Thrudgelmir2333
Before we get to the first book we wanted to make the following statement:
"In the original version the writing style alternated between expository and narrative. This revised TL will be written exclusively using expository style. With this in mind we would like to invite fans of the TL to add and contribute narrative stories to the accompanying narrative TL"
NARRATIVE STORIES THREAD "Rebirth of an Empire "O Renascimento de um Império" v2.0 - Narrative Stories"
The first book "New Beginning (1750-1777)" coincides with the reign of Joseph I. The main sections of book 1 are as follows:
- Prelude Of A Dying Empire
- Rebirth of the Empire (Part 1 of 2)
- Rebirth of Lisbon
- Earthquake’s Cultural Impact & Pombaline Rise to Power
- Pombal's Government (1750 -1762)
- Pombaline Cabinet (1762 -1777)
- PRP & Immigration (1762-1777)
- The Undeclared War (1763-1769)
- The ‘Morbeia War’ (1769-1770)
- Portuguese Religious Council & Verneyist Thought
- The Pombaline Revolution
- Portuguese-Maratha War of 1774
- King and Country (1777)
The Second book "Rebuilding, Transition and Tension (1777-1783)" coincides with the 1st half of the reign of Joseph II during Pombal late period. Follow the link below for listing of the main sections of Book 2:
The Third book "Growth of the Empire (1783-1799)" coincides with the 1st half of the reign of Joseph II post Pombaline Era. Follow the link below for listing of the main sections of Book 3:
Also as each chapter is added the links are updated above.
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