A Concise History of Portugal |
 David Birmingham
ISBN: 0521536863
This concise, illustrated history of Portugal offers an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and to its search for economic modernisation, political stability and international partnership. The book studies the effects of...(read more) |
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A Nation Upon the Ocean Sea: Portugal's Atlantic Diaspora and the Crisis of the Spanish Empire, 1492-1640 |
 Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert
ISBN: 0195175697
With the opening of sea routes in the fifteenth century, groups of men and women left Portugal to establish themselves across the ports and cities of the Atlantic or Ocean Sea. They were refugees and migrants, traders and mariners, Jews, Catholics, and...(read more) |
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Empire Adrift: The Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro 1808-1821 |
 Patrick Wilcken
ISBN: 0747556725
The Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro 1808-1821. In 1807, at the height of the Napoleonic wars, the Portuguese prince regent Dom Joao made an extraordinary decision. Although horrified by the idea of sea travel, he opted to transplant his entire court... |
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Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830 |
 J.H. Elliott
ISBN: 0300114311
This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus' arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and...(read more) |
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Muslim Spain and Portugal: Political History of Al-Andalus |
 Hugh Kennedy
ISBN: 0582495156
This study of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal is based on Arab sources. It provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492. The history of this region has largely been...(read more) |
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Portugal: A Companion History |
 Jose Hermano Saraiva, Ursula Fonss
ISBN: 1857542118
An illustrated brief history of Portugal written for non-specialist foreign readers. Also included in the book is a historical gazetteer, short biographies, chronological tables and maps. |
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The Knights Templar in the Golden Age of Spain: Their Hidden History on the Iberian Peninsula |
 Juan Garcia Atienza
ISBN: 1594770980
The rise and fall of the Templar Order constitutes a fundamental and decisive episode in medieval history, and the destruction of the Order constitutes a pivotal point that fundamentally altered the direction of society. While much is known about the...(read more) |
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The Peninsular War: A New History |
 Charles J. Esdaile
ISBN: 0140273700
This text examines the spectacular and terrible conflict, immortalised by Goya, and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history. |
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The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move |
 A.J.R. Russell-Wood
ISBN: 0801859557
This is the story of a great colonial empire - its birth, apotheosis and decline. Approaching the subject thematically and using the study of movement as a focus, the text provides a picture of highly mobile merchants, missionaries and administrators...(read more) |
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Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 |
 Charles Oman
ISBN: 1853676772
This book gives unparalleled insight into the organisation, day-to-day life and psychology of Wellington's army, focusing on the characters that Wellington believed could 'go anywhere and do anything'. "Wellington's Army" examines both the...(read more) |
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