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A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire, Vol. 1: From Beginnings to 1807: Portugal (Volume 1) 1st Edition

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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’être and no obvious political roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it for long remained a small, struggling realm on Europe’s outer fringe. Then, in the early fifteenth century, this unlikely springboard for Western expansion suddenly began to accumulate an empire of its own, eventually extending more than halfway around the globe. The History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire, drawing particularly on historical scholarship postdating the 1974 Portuguese Revolution, offers readers a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of how all this happened – the first such account to appear in English for more than a generation. Volume I concerns the history of Portugal itself from pre-Roman times to the climactic French invasion of 1807, and Volume II traces the history of the Portuguese overseas empire.
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    0521603978
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521603973
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    April 13, 2009
  6. Book 2 of 2
    A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire 2 Volume Hardback Set
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    6.12 x 0.94 x 9.25 inches
  9. Print length
    418 pages
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“In response to the global turn in scholarship on colonial and early modern history, this book provides a fresh and much-needed perspective integrating metropolitan and colonial Portuguese histories. In fact, this analytical combination of national and imperial dimensions is totally original in the panorama of Portuguese histories where almost all the works available in English tend to concentrate exclusively on overseas expansion.” -Diogo Ramada Curto, European University Institute, Florence and Universidade Nova de Lisboa

“Anthony Disney has provided in this impressive two-volume survey of the history of Portugal and its overseas empire to the beginning of the nineteenth century a work of synthesis that has long been needed. Up-to-date in its scholarship, lucid and coherent in its exposition, his account, skillfully blending narrative and analysis, will immediately take its place as the essential starting-point for all those interested in the origins and character of the first truly global empire in world history.” -Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford

“The history of the Portuguese world is barnacled with accretions: traditional errors, apparently ineradicable myths, partisan controversies, irrational passions. Anthony Disney has scraped the bottom and set the ship to rights. His book is sober but engaging, meticulous but well paced, comprehensive but concise: a monument of scholarship and discernment, which everyone interested in the subject will want to hand.” -Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Tufts University

"A remarkable achievement, combining rigour with lucidity and offering expert guidance across a complex and varied historical terrain." -Times Literary Supplement

"This book will apppeal to multiple readerships." -Journal of Modern History

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

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (April 13, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 418 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521603978
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521603973
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.94 x 9.25 inches
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John Stults
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good readable history
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2015
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A very good history of Portugal. As others have said, this is an academic writing the history and the author provides a good footnotes and a good bibliography. However, the writing is very good and the story is fast paced, almost like reading a novel, as you sit down to read you quickly find your self having finished the chapter you were reading and wanting more. The author attempts to provide not just a history of the royal family and "leadership" but also gives a history of the economy for each section, especially after the reconquest. He details how after the golden age, poor leadership and lousy economic policy squandered Portugal's wealth. One might think one was reading a review of current US economic policies with persecution of the top (need we say 1%) mainly the new christian (mostly converted Jews) and this either drove them out of the country (think England and Holland) or saw them burned at the stake by the inquisition.
I read this history in prep for an upcoming trip to Portugal and I read the ebook.
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J. Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2013
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I highly recommend Disney's two volume history of Portugal! The writing is academic, however, it is not boorish or overbearing. Both the lay person and the student will enjoy reading it, especially the student for its abundant footnotes! Volume I begins with pre-historical Portugal and works its way through the political development of the nation state of Portugal right up to 1807, as the subtitle suggests. Disney does an excellent job in briefly detailing the physical environment and how it affected the evolution of its people/tribes. The main focus of the text, however, is the political evolution of the people and how they developed into the nation we see today. An absolutely wonderful history! I cannot recommend it highly enough. Although "Henry" the Navigator and others are detailed, it is only as part of the larger tapestry; Volume II focuses entirely on the "Age of Discovery."
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James L. Mack
4.0 out of 5 stars Well Done
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2017
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Well written and reasonably comprehensive given its broad scope and it's limited number of pages. I recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent writer
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021
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A. R. Disney is an excellent writer. A lot of history writers produce history books that are dull and boring. Not so with A. R. Disney. It is interesting. I want to read more. I am going to order Volume 2.
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DeborahS
3.0 out of 5 stars Dull and ponderous
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023
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The book has some valuable information but it is very dull reading. It is academic in tone and style and not easy reading.
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mary pat utech
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of info in one volume.
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020
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There was lots of information and I skipped some if it. On the whole it gave a really good history of Portugal. It’s a keeper.
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Bobby K
5.0 out of 5 stars Good History Overview of Portugal
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2017
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I did not know much about Portuguese history and we have a trip planned for next year in Portugal. The histor of that country is very interesting. It is well written and provides a good historal perspective for anyone traveling there.
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M. Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars A readable history
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012
I was a little worried about purchasing what is essentially a text book to learn about the history of Portugal before traveling there next spring. I'm about 1/3 of the way through Volume 1 and am happy to report that the book is very "readable." It's not like reading a novel, but it is well written, easy to understand, and does a good job of giving more detail about the history of Portugal than I've been able to find anywhere else.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lucid and scholoarly
Reviewed in Germany on November 27, 2023
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The best history of Portugal in English in my opinion. Superb amount of detail and impressive scholarship in both volumes.
The only disappointment is that Volume 1 ends at the time of Napoleon. It would have been great if the work had been taken on to nearer modern times.
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Andrew Yale
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2023
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On holiday to Portugal and this book is worth the read about the Country's history.
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DidiMoi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift
Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2019
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The book is in perfect condition and it’s exactly what I wanted
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Flair
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2017
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Great read
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Ferreira Pinto
5.0 out of 5 stars History of Portugal
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2013
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Oustanding book!
Beeing portuguese I quite didn`t understood certain facts of the history of my country .The reading is pleasent , deeply detailed and based on contemporary studies as well on history makers of the time ..Easy to read , and most important of all , the author doesn`t expres it`s own opinion and interpretation of the facts .It`s just analysis the history evolution .based on real facts .
I knew , I wiill learn and understand better, my history , if I choose someone with the author scholarship .
The book can be used as a history book for students , or for someone . like me ,old enough to appreciate and enjoy a goob book on history .
I will ,order the volume 2.
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