An intellectual biography of a newspaper aims a methodology that should disclose an editorial line, its agents and the means by which they intended to …
Poll taxes constituted a significant factor to organize and perpetuate social inequalities in many early modern empires. Fiscal categorizations had very concrete effects on the …
Hespanha, António Manuel (2019). Filhos da Terra: Identidades Mestiças nos Confins da Expansão Portuguesa: Lisbon: Tinta Da China, 366 pp. ISBN 9789896714765
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, England’s trade and empire took place in global spaces that were home to a plethora of distinct cultures, peoples, …
Taking already-known aspects of Michel Giacometti’s (1929-1990) work as a starting point, this study addresses the role that different spaces played in his research on …
This article analyzes the views of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo regarding Jews and New Christians based on his experience as an envoy extraordinary …
Between 1481-1640, the Portuguese Crown took a reactive and proactive normative position in terms of naval management. The realization of their imperial projects depended private …
The production of diversity and its transformation into hierarchy and social inequality in the Portuguese Empire are at the core of this essay. Conversion of …