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portugal in european and world history PORTUGAL IN EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY Malyn Newitt reaktion books Published by Reaktion Books Ltd 33Great Sutton Street Londonec1v 0dx, uk www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published 2009 Copyright © Malyn Newitt 2009 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. Printed and bound in Great Britain byCromwell Press Group, Trowbridge, Wiltshire British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Newitt, M. D. D. Portugal in European and world history. 1. Portugal –History. 2. Portugal –Foreign relations. I. Title 946.9-dc22 isbn: 978 1 86189 519 6 Contents List of Maps 6 Glossary and Abbreviations 7 Introduction 11 1The Second Crusade and the Capture of Lisbon 18 2The Hundred Years War and the Crisis of Portuguese Independence 32 3Portugal and the Discoveries 49 4The First European Maritime Empire 67 5The Union with Spain and the Armada 1578–89 82 6The Portuguese Restoration and the General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century 97 7Portugal, the Inquisition and the Triumph of English Merchant Capitalism 113 8The Lisbon Earthquake, the Enlightenment and Crisis Politics 132 9Portugal’s Moment of Truth: The French and British Struggle for the Control of Lisbon 150 10Portugal among the Great Powers: The Scramble for Africa 174 11Portugal and the End of Empire 197 Epilogue 217 References 223 Bibliography 235 Acknowledgements 242 Index 243 List of Maps Portugal and Western Spain 16 The Portuguese Atlantic, 16th to 18th centuries 48 The Estado da Índia, 16th to 17th centuries 68 Delagoa Bay and its Hinterland, late 19th to 20th centuries 179 6 Glossary and Abbreviations Águas livres The aqueduct built in Lisbon in the eighteenth century Auto da fé Literally ‘Act of faith’. The ceremony at which those condemned by the Inquisition were punished Banda Oriental The East bank. This refers to the region on the left bank of the Río de la Plata, which later became Uruguay Câmara Municipal council Carreira da Índia The passage of Portuguese Indiamen between Lisbon and Goa Cartaz A pass or safe conduct sold to Asian ships by the Portuguese Comissários dos Armazéns Commissioners for the arsenals Comissários volantes Itinerant traders Comité de Salut Public Committee of Public Safety Concelho Council. Self-governing communes in medieval Portugal Conto A thousand escudos Converso A Jew who had converted to Christianity or who was descended from one who had converted cplp Comunidades dos Países de Língua Portuguesa Cruzado A silver coin valued at 400reis Dobra Gold coin minted in Morocco and Castile. Monetary reform in Portugal led to the minting of escudos in 1435–6with a parity with the dobra 7 Dom From the latin dominus.Courtesy title used by all Portuguese kings and by noblemen Encoberto The hidden one. Refers to the prophecies of Bandarra, which were the origin of the cult of Dom Sebastião Estado da Índia The State of India. Portugal’s empire in the East centred on Goa Estrangeirado A Portuguese who has become influenced by foreign culture through living abroad Felicissima armada The most fortunate Armada. The name given by Philip iito the most unfortunate Great Armada of 1588 Fidalgo A knight or gentleman Flota Fleet. Used for the convoys bringing silver from the Indies to Seville Golpe Coup d’état Governadores Name given to regents appointed to govern the kingdom in the absence of the king Inconfidência mineira The Minas conspiracy Infante The title of a Portuguese prince Junta Board or council Landsknecht German pikeman of the sixteenth century Lei das Sesmarias The law of the wastelands Longue durée The long term. Used for long term trends in historical development Mapa Côr de Rosa Rose Coloured Map Mare Clausum Closed sea. The doctrine that the sea is not open to all Mare Liberum Freedom of the sea Moidore From the Portuguese moeda de ouro. A gold coin minted in Portugal after the Restoration. The double moidore was worth slightly more than the guinea and had a value equivalent to 27shillings Moradia Pension Morgado Entailed estate mfa Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement) 8
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