Italian Merchants in Habsburg Portugal (1580-1640)

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Abstract

The study of the presence of foreign communities in Lisbon during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is not yet properly studied, despite the undeniable key role they had in the development of the Lusitanian economy. The present contribution aims at reconstructing the path and the activity of Italian merchants in the Portuguese capital. The chosen chronological frame are the years of the Dual Monarchy (1580-1640). The objective is to present new research clues that may contribute to deepen political and social dynamics in a time that was deeply significant for the Portuguese Kingdom.

O estudo da presença de comunidades estrangeiras em Lisboa nos séculos XVI e XVII não está ainda devidamente aprofundado, não obstante o inegável marco que estas tiveram no desenvolvimento da economia lusitana. O presente contributo visa reconstruir o percurso e a actividade de mercadores italianos na capital portuguesa tendo como balizas temporais os anos da Monarquia Dual (1580-1640) no intuito de apresentar novas pistas de investigação que possam contribuir para aprofundar dinâmicas políticas e sociais numa altura profundamente marcante para o Reino português.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)171-193
Number of pages24
JournalRiMe. Rivista dell’Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea
Volume9/II
Issue numberspecial issue
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Italian Merchants
  • Dual Monarchy
  • Portugal
  • Lisbon
  • Mercadores italianos
  • Monarquia dual
  • Lisboa

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