A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 44,9 Mb
• Release Date : 13 April 2009

A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal's formation and history up to 1807 and of its wide-flung maritime empire.

• Publisher : Robinson
• File Size : 40,6 Mb
• Release Date : 05 July 2018

Despite the Roman Empire's famous 500-year reign over Europe, parts of Africa and the Middle East, Italy does not have the same long national history as states such as France

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 38,5 Mb
• Release Date : 13 November 2003

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

• Publisher : People's History
• File Size : 44,8 Mb
• Release Date : 25 June 2024

On April 25, 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Estado Novo's fascist government in Portugal. Ordinary people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and

• Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
• File Size : 26,9 Mb
• Release Date : 06 January 2016

Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely

• Publisher : CUP Archive
• File Size : 31,9 Mb
• Release Date : 02 January 1966

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 25,6 Mb
• Release Date : 13 April 2009

The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d'être and no obvious political roots in its Roman, Germanic,

• Publisher : Boydell Press
• File Size : 55,6 Mb
• Release Date : 25 June 2024

An historical guide to Portugal which both describes and accounts for what the visitor might see and experience in this often-spellbinding country. Portugal, the 'ancient ally', is a country easily

• Publisher : Reaktion Books
• File Size : 34,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 December 2009

Despite its modest size, Portugal has played a major part in the development of Europe and the modern world. In Portugal in European and World History Malyn Newitt offers a

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 54,8 Mb
• Release Date : 03 May 2016

A fascinating exploration of the evolution of the Portuguese economy over the course of eight centuries, from 1143 to 2010.