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Title: | 1703: The Methuen Treaty |
Authors: | Salvado, João Paulo Antunes, Cátia |
Keywords: | Economic backwardness War of Spanish Succession Foreign trade Foreign mercantile communities |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Sussex Academic Press |
Citation: | Antunes, Cátia; Salvado, João Paulo, “1703, The Methuen Treaty”, In The Global History of Portugal: From Prehistory to the Modern World, edited by Carlos Fiolhais, José Eduardo Franco and José Pedro Paiva. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2022, pp. 248-251 |
Abstract: | This chapter examines the Methuen Treaty signed between Portugal and England on 27 December, 1703. It analyses the context that preceded the treaty and the negative perceptions it received from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, in terms of its impact on Portugal's economic backwardness. The Methuen Treaty is seen as a confirmation of the strategic alliance between Portugal and England, and is still considered responsible for the opening of domestic and colonial markets to the English trading communities of Lisbon and Porto. However, this chapter emphasises that the Brazilian gold cycle also contributed to the growth of other foreign merchant communities in Portugal at the time. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/31774 |
ISBN: | 978-1-78976-104-7 (paperback) 978-1-78976-103-0 (hardback) |
Type: | bookPart |
Appears in Collections: | CIDEHUS - Publicações - Capítulos de Livros
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