The crown, the court and the Casa da Índia : political centralization in Portugal 1479-1521

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    • Humble Ferreira, Susannah

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The crown, the court and the Casa da Índia : political centralization in Portugal 1479-1521

by Susannah Humble Ferreira

(The medieval and early modern Iberian world, v.60)

Brill, c2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index

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Description

In The Crown, the Court and the Casa da India, Susannah Humble Ferreira examines the social and political context that gave rise to the Portuguese Overseas Empire during the reigns of Joao 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.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements ix List of Abbreviations x Names and Currency xi Introduction 1 1 Spin Doctors of the Crown: The Chroniclers and Their Contexts 17 Fernao Lopes, (Cronista Mor 1434-54) 20 Gomes Eanes de Zurara, (Cronista Mor 1454-74) 22 Dr. Vasco Fernandes de Lucena, (Cronista Mor 1474-97) 26 Rui de Pina, (Cronista Mor 1497-1522) 30 Duarte Galvao 37 Joao de Barros and Damiao de Gois 39 2 From Royal Household to Royal Court: Patronage as a Political Strategy 44 Political Utility of Large Households 45 Limitation of Household Size 46 'New Monarch' or King of the Roads? 54 Reorganization and Expansion of the Royal Household 58 3 Inquiry and Reform 69 Return of the Exiles 71 Expulsion of Jews and Muslims 75 The Manueline Reforms 79 Bureaucratization and Plural Appointments 84 Re-routing the Court: Palaces and Itineraries 92 4 Alms for the King 101 Controlling the Episcopacy 102 Hospitals and Confraternities 108 The Order of Christ and the Conquest of Morocco (1495-1510) 120 5 The Crown and Its Castles 128 Castles and Councillors 130 Changes to Warfare at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century 140 North Africa 142 Death of Ferdinand of Aragon 147 Estado da India 148 Conclusion 157 Bibliography 171 Index 182

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