The crown, the court and the Casa da Índia
Subtitle: political centralization in Portugal, 1479-1521
By: by Susannah Humble Ferreira
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9789004278868; 9789004298194
Subjects: Politics and government; Historiography; Finance; Portugal; Portugal. Casa da India; Social change; Territorial expansion; Royal houses; Political Patronage; Political activity; History
Description: "In The Crown, the Court and the Casa da Índia, Susannah Humble Ferreira examines the social and political context that gave rise to the Portuguese Overseas Empire during the reigns of João II (1481-95) and Manuel I (1495-1521). In particular the book elucidates the role of the Portuguese royal household in the political consolidation of Portugal in this period. By looking at the relationship of the Manueline Reforms, the expulsion of the Jews and the creation of the Santa Casa da Misericordia to the political threat brought on by the expansion of Ferdinand of Aragon into the Mediterranean, the author re-evaluates the place of the overseas expansion in the policies of the Portuguese crown"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: Names and currency; title: Spin doctors of the crown : the chroniclers and their contexts; title: From royal household to royal court : patronage as a political strategy; title: Inquiry and reform; title: Alms for the King; title: The crown and its castles.