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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144111703321

Autore

Ames Glenn Joseph

Titolo

Renascent empire? : the House of Braganza and the quest for stability in Portuguese monsoon Asia c.1640-1683 / / Glenn J. Ames

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2000

ISBN

1-281-97230-4

9786611972301

90-485-0358-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages)

Disciplina

325.3469095

900

950.3

950/.0971/2469

Soggetti

Portugal History 17th century

Portugal History John IV, 1640-1656

Portugal History Afonso VI, 1656-1683

Portugal Colonies Asia History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Priorities in the Reino, c. 1640-1683; II Politics and Policies: Viceroys and Governors, c. 1661-1681; III Christians: Saints and Sinners, c. 1640-1683; IV Spices: The Carreira da India, c. 1640-1683; V Administration: European Hierarchies and the Resiliency of Indigenous Structures, 1640-1683; VI Foreign Policy: Diplomatic Relations with the Reis Vizinhos and European Rivals, 1640-1683; VII An African Eldorado: The Quest for Wealth in Mozambique and the Rios de Cuama, c. 1640-1683; Conclusion Portuguese Asia, c. 1683; Bibliography; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Based on extensive archival research in Portugal, India, England, and France, this work provides the first monographic study of a crucial, yet hitherto ignored period in the history of Portugal's Asian empire: the years ca. 1640-1683. Ames' revisionist work demonstrates that, contrary to the traditional view of the inevitable decline and stagnation



of the Estado da India after ca. 1640, these were years of innovative and dynamic reform which brought about the geo-political and economic stabilization of Portuguese Asia by 1683. The book details this fundamental shift in Crown policy toward Asia as initiated by Prince Regent Pedro of Braganza (1668-1702) and carried out most effectively by Viceroy Luis de Mendonca Furtado e Albuquerque."--Jacket