The Anglo-Portuguese alliance and the English merchants in Portugal, 1654-1810
By: L.M.E. Shaw.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Aldershot , Hants., UK; Brookfield, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Merchants -- Portugal -- History.; British -- Portugal -- History.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Portugal.; Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- Portugal.; Portugal -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain.; Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Description: The English-Portuguese alliance of 1654 lasted for 156 years. Interweaving politics, economics, religion and commerce to portray what life was like for English merchants in Portugal, this work is the result of many years of archival research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-226) and index.