History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire Portugal - From Beginnings to 1807

Informationen zum Autor A. R. Disney was educated at the University of Oxford and Harvard University and has taught history at Melbourne and La Trobe Universities. His publications include Twilight of the Pepper Empire (1978) and numerous articles, papers, and essays, published variously in the Economic History Review, Studia, Indica, Mare Liberum, Anais de Historia de Alem-mar, and other journals and proceedings. Zusammenfassung A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire offers readers a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of the history of Portugal and its empire up to the start of the nineteenth century. Volume I concerns the formation and subsequent history of Portugal itself from pre-Roman times to the climactic French invasion of 1807. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Hunter-gatherers to Iron Age farmers; 2. The Roman experience; 3. The Germanic kingdoms; 4. Gharb al-Andalus; 5. The medieval kingdom; 6. The fourteenth century; 7. The making of Avis Portugal; 8. The golden age; 9. The tarnished age; 10. Habsburg Portugal; 11. Restoration and reconstruction; 12. The age of gold and baroque splendour; 13. The age of Pombal; 14. The late eighteenth century: finale of the old regime.

Product details

• Authors: A. R. Disney, Anthony Disney, Professor A. R. Disney
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521603973
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60397-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Series: A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire 2 Volume Hardback Set; A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Portugal, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Portugal