Historiografía eclesiástica y construcción de un mito urbano en el Cádiz del siglo XVII
ISSN: 0212-5862, 1989-9823
Year of publication: 2003
Issue Title: Iglesia y religiosidad
Issue: 21
Pages: 165-188
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Historia Moderna: Anales de la Universidad de Alicante
Abstract
Analysis of "Emporio del Orbe. Cádiz Ilustrada" (1690), wroten by Fray Jerónimo de la Concepción, member of the Order of Carmel. This book is a good example of the chorographical genre and have all the themes that we can find in the Historiography of Cádiz during XVIth and XVIIth centuries: the big antiquity of the city, its mythical foundation, a partial view of its historical evolution, numerous praises to the city and their citizens, description of Cádiz like a commercial emporium, a Church that begins in the first times of the Christianisme, and a very Catholic city, with many church's and convents, and with a very devouts citizens. The book of Fray Jerónimo gives a mythical image of Cádiz during the times of the colonial trade with America.