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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969181503321

Autore

Anderson James Maxwell <1933->

Titolo

The history of Portugal / / James M. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn : , : Greenwood Press, , 2000

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798400665271

9780313032608

0313032602

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 222 pages) : maps

Collana

The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, , 1096-2905

Disciplina

946.9

Soggetti

Portugal History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- THE HISTORY OF PORTUGAL -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Timeline of Historical Events -- 1  Portugal Today -- GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE -- DEMOGRAPHY -- RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- LAND USE -- TOURISM -- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS -- THE PRESS -- MILITARY AND DEFENSE -- CULTURE -- Music -- Art -- Architecture -- Literature -- RELIGION -- LANGUAGE -- SOCIETY -- TRANSITIONAL PERIOD -- CRIME AND POVERTY -- EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELFARE -- THE ROLE OF WOMEN -- ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 2  Early History -- PREHISTORIC MAN -- CELTS -- PHOENICIANS AND GREEKS -- ROMANS -- GERMAMIC TRIBES -- MUSLIM CONQUEST AND CHRISTIAN RECONQUEST -- 3  House of Burgundy, 1097-1385 -- AFONSO HENRIQUES -- SANCHO I AND AFONSO II -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL ORDER -- SANCHO II AND AFONSO III -- DINIS -- AFONSO IV -- PEDRO I -- FERNANDO I -- 4  House of Avis: João I-Manuel I, 1385-1521 -- BATTLE OF ALJUBARROTA AND THE TREATY OF WINDSOR -- CONQUEST OF CEUTA -- DUARTE -- EXPEDITION AGAINST TANGER -- REGENTS QUEEN LEONOR, PEDRO AND AFONSO V -- THE BRAGANÇAS: SPOILS OF VICTORY -- NOBLES, MERCHANTS AND PEASANTS -- WARS WITH MOROCCO AND CASTILLA -- THE LEGENDARY NAVIGATOR -- CANARY AND MADEIRA ISLANDS AND THE AZORES -- TRADE ROUTES AND THE



AFRICAN COAST -- JOÃO II -- COLUMBUS AT THE PORTUGUESE COURT -- BARTOLOMEU DIAS -- THE SEARCH FOR THE KINGDOM OF PRESTER JOHN -- TREATY OF TORDESILLAS -- MANUEL I -- VASCO DA GAMA -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC -- PEDRO ALVARES CABRAL: BRAZIL -- SECOND VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA -- FRANCISCO DE ALMEIDA -- PERSECUTION OF JEWS -- CASA DA INDIA -- AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE -- CONQUEST OF THE CITY OF MALACCA -- PORTUGUESE DOMIMON IN MOROCCO -- ETHIOPIA REVISITED -- DECLINE OF THE CORTES -- FERNÃO DE MAGALHÃES (MAGELLAN) -- DEATH OF KING MANUEL -- CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS -- 5  House of Avis: João III-Cardinal Henrique, 1521-1580.

DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES -- INQUISITION -- CORTES -- VASCO DA GAMA: VICEROY -- CONQUEST OF DIU -- THE FOUR HUNDRED -- JOÃO DE CASTRO -- CHINA TRADE, MACÃO AJMD JAPAN -- BRAZIL -- GUINEA-BISSAU, ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE -- MISSIONARIES -- SEBASTIÃO -- THE AFRICAN EXPEDITION -- CARDINAL HENRIQUE -- 6  Union with Spain, 1580-1640 -- SUCCESSION CRISIS -- WAR WITH SPAIN -- FELIPE I OF PORTUGAL -- THE AZORES -- THE DUTCH -- FELIPE II OF PORTUGAL -- FELIPE III OF PORTUGAL -- THE PEASANTS AND SEBASTIÃO -- INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS -- 7  House of Bragança, 1640-1910 -- JOÃO IV -- IN SEARCH OF ALLIES -- WAR WITH SPAIN -- BATTLE OF MONTIJO -- AFONSO VI -- PEDRO II -- JOÃO V AND THE SPANISH WAR OF SUCCESSION -- RICHES FROM BRAZIL, DEMISE OF THE CORTES AND RISE OF ABSOLUTISM -- STAGNATION AND REGRESSION -- JOSÉ I AND THE MARQUES DE POMBAL -- MARIA I AND PEDRO III -- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, INVASION, DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY -- DUKE OF WELLINGTON -- DEFENSES OF TORRES VEDRAS -- CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY -- REVOLUTION OF 1820 -- JOÃO VI, PEDRO IV AND MIGUEL I -- CIVIL WAR 1832 -- MARIA II -- CHARTISTS (MODERATES) AND SEPTEMBRISTS (RADICALS) -- MARIA DA FONTE -- REGENERATORS, HISTORICALS AND PEDRO V -- LUIS I -- CARLOS I -- ASSASSINATION OF THE KING -- 8  Monarchy to Republic to Dictatorship -- MANUEL II AND THE FIRST REPUBLIC -- WORLD WAR I -- MILITARY DICTATORSHIP -- PORTUGAL AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR -- WORLD WAR II -- PORTUGAL AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND NATO -- DELGADO AND THE PRESIDENCY -- ANGOLA -- GOA -- RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND -- POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE UNDER SALAZAR -- COLOMAL WARS AND DECLINE OF THE DICTATORSHIP -- THE ARMY -- 9  Revolution and Democracy -- REVOLT OF THE JUNIOR OFFICERS -- COUP OF 25 APRIL 1974 -- AFTERMATH OF THE COUP -- MFA AND SPÍNOLA -- ELECTIONS 1975 -- THE FLEDGLING DEMOCRACY -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES.

ELECTIONS 1976 -- ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS OF THE REVOLUTION -- SOCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF THE REVOLUTION -- CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION AND FURTHER POLITICAL UNREST -- ELECTIONS 1995 AND 1996 -- RELATIONS WITH SPAIN -- EXPO '98 -- OECD -- ELECTIONS 1999 AND THE COMING CENTURY -- Notable People in the History of Portugal -- Appendix A: Monarchs and Heads of State -- HOUSE OF BURGUNDY -- HOUSE OF AVIS -- SPAMSH (HABSBURG) KINGS -- HOUSE OF BRAGANÇA -- HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA -- HEADS OF STATE (PRESIDENTS) -- First Republic -- Second Republic -- Appendix B: Portuguese Colonies -- AFRICA -- BRAZIL -- EAST TIMOR -- MACÃO -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Bibliographic Essay -- GEOGRAPHY -- GENERAL HISTORIES -- ANCIENT HISTORY -- MIDDLE AGES -- AGE OF DISCOVERY -- OVERSEAS EMPIRE -- MODERN PORTUGAL -- AFTER 1974 -- MILITARY HISTORY -- ARTS AND LITERATURE -- RELIGION -- MISCELLANEOUS -- Index -- About the Author -- Other Titles in the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations.



Sommario/riassunto

The most up-to-date short history of Portugal available, current through 1999.