Portugal

As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956887372Author Jose AntonioFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Antelope Hill PublishingPublisher Antelope Hill PublishingWeight(grams)...

25 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe's oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal forever. 'A thrilling and inspiring page-turner.' Richard Zimler, author...

'I fell in love with Porto and I love it still. The city's spectacular bridges, its vertiginous riverbanks, steep with ancient buildings, the old port houses, the wide squares: I was entranced by them all.' J.K. ROWLING One of the oldest cities in...

This is the story of the first and one of the greatest colonial empires: its birth, apotheosis, and decline. By approaching the history of the Portuguese empire thematically, A. J. R. Russell-Wood is able to pursue ideas and make connections that...

Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of World War II, though not a gun was fired there. The only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis power operated openly, it was temporary home to much of Europe's exiled royalty, over one million...

An incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond "Comprehensive and engaging."-Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's long dictatorship was widely hailed as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027343744Author William Hickling PrescottFormat PaperbackPage Count 632Imprint E-ArtnowPublisher E-ArtnowWeight(grams) 835gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913693169Author Nancy JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Clapton Press LimitedPublisher Clapton Press Limited

Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain claims that theology and canon law were decisive for shaping ideas, debates, and decisions about key political and religious problems in Renaissance Spain.This book studies Catholic thought during the Spanish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785386480Author P S QuickFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Acorn Books LtdPublisher Andrews UK LimitedWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

A corrective to conventional accounts of the reign of Queen Sancha and King Fernando I in medieval Iberia Acclaimed historians Bernard F. Reilly and Simon R. Doubleday tell the story of the reign of Queen Sancha and King Fernando I, who together ruled...

The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023 "Will surely become the definitive account."-Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal In July 1588 the...

The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d'etre and no obvious political roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it for long remained a small, struggling realm on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947544055Author Jose LeitaoFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Revelore PressPublisher Revelore PressWeight(grams) 141g

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The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d'etre and no obvious roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it for long remained a small, struggling realm on Europe's...

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For some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultural fertilization; others have sketched a harsher picture of Muslims and Christians engaged in an ongoing contest for political, religious, and economic...

Originally published in 1938, this bibliography was compiled by the historian and Portuguese scholar Edgar Prestage (1869-1951). The documents described all relate to the 'political, military, and diplomatic aims and action of Portugal during the period...

Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states which emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Muslim presence in the Middle Ages became a contested heritage during the process of modern nation-building...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060096649Author Peter EisnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 596gDimensions(mm)...

Just after half past nine on the morning of Sunday 1 November 1755, the end of the world came to the city of Lisbon. On a day that had begun with blue skies and gentle warmth, Portugal's proud capital was struck by a massive earthquake. After a brief,...

The Portuguese revolution marked the closure of the country's five-centuries of imperial history as well as its 48-year authoritarian period, a dramatic moment of political radicalization and social conflict that took place against the backdrop of rapid...

Richard Washburn Child was an American author and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy between 1921 and 1924 during the rise of fascism in that country. Earlier, however, Child visited Russia on the eve of the revolution and was greatly...

Richard Washburn Child was an American author and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy between 1921 and 1924 during the rise of fascism in that country. Earlier, however, Child visited Russia on the eve of the revolution and was greatly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061450198Author Dr Richard WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 272g

Featuring updates and revisions that reflect recent historiography, this new edition of The Portuguese Empire in Asia 1500-1700 presents a comprehensive overview of Portuguese imperial history that considers Asian and European perspectives. Features an...

The four essays in this book examine aspects of Portugal's first overseas empire, the maritime and commercial empire that was founded in the fifteenth century and which, during the sixteenth century extended from Brazil to China.Book InformationISBN...

This informative, concise, and engagingly written work provides the most up-to-date history of Portugal, current through 1999, and gives a full picture of the political, social, cultural, and economic influences that shaped the history of Portugal...

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 accessible, with an enviable climate, welcoming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987611548Author Irene ShalandFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint GTA BooksPublisher GTA BooksWeight(grams) 141g

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, enslaved Africans and Asians were part of the larger Portuguese project of building and maintaining a Catholic empire in the Indian Ocean. Both the Church and the Crown influenced the owner-slave relationship...

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, enslaved Africans and Asians were part of the larger Portuguese project of building and maintaining a Catholic empire in the Indian Ocean. Both the Church and the Crown influenced the owner-slave relationship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662939631Author Martin ArmstrongFormat HardbackPage Count 660Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 2336g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915710116Author Dominic HaynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Dominic Haynes HistoryPublisher Massive Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662939648Author Martin ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 660Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 2032g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915710123Author Dominic HaynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Dominic Haynes HistoryPublisher Massive Books Ltd

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