1st Edition

Commercial Relations of England and Portugal

344 Pages

by Routledge

384 Pages

by Routledge

344 Pages

by Routledge

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First Published in 2005. This book looks at the commercial relations between England and Portugal during the mediaeval period, including merchant trading. Due to the relations between Prince Henry the Navigator, and Vasco da Gama, the Anglo - Portuguese alliance, of which the origins can be traced back to the time of the crusades, and which lasted practically during the whole mediaeval period, is... Read more

PART ONE: MEDIEVAL

Introduction

1. The alliance between England and Portugal in the Middle Ages

2. Early commercial relations between England and Portugal

3. Growth & development between England and Portugal

4. Risks and vicissitudes of the trade

5. General conditions of the Anglo-Portuguese trade about the middle of the fifteenth century

PART TWO: MODERN

1. Colonial rivalry, 1487-1580

2. The company of merchants trading to Spain and Portugal, 1577-1640

3. The Lisbon factory and the Treaty of 1654, 1640-1654

4. The Methuen treaty, 1654-1703