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Assim Nasceu Portugal: Os Reis da Reconquista Portuguesa

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Entre o século X e metade do século XIII, Portugal emergiu como um reino independente com fronteiras que se têm mantido, na sua grande maioria, inalteradas até hoje. Este desenvolvimento político ocorreu tendo como pano de fundo a luta entre a cristandade e o mundo islâmico, pelo controlo sobre a Península Ibérica. Também decisivo na formação de Portugal foi o impacto de uma crescente influência europeia por toda a península neste período. Esta influência cultural teve lugar através da imigração, do crescimento de redes comerciais e sociais e da transferência de ideias e de costumes sociais. Os governantes portugueses procuraram mediar esta influência europeia e transformá-la em benefício próprio. No século XII, Afonso Henriques (1128-1185) conseguiu estabelecer a monarquia portuguesa, mas os seus herdeiros Sancho I (1185-1211), Afonso II (1211-1223), Sancho II (1223-1245), e Afonso III (1248-1279) descobriram que o equilíbrio entre a realidade ibérica e as expectativas europeias era cada vez mais difícil de manter.

544 pages, Paperback

First published February 3, 2008

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December 13, 2015
This is a good book on the subject of Portugal's formation in the context of the of the "Reconquista". It even brought one or two new insights for me about important details which are rarely discussed in Portugal (for instance, the reason why count Henry of Portucale gained his county at the expense of his cousin Raymond, which is a bit romanticized by most people in my country). I just had a small issue with some places mainly on the first map and one or two small incoherences in dates or names of places, but I think part of the reason might lay on the translation (I read the Portuguese edition of the book and, for instance, Boulogne appeared on the book with its English and Portuguese names in different contexts, indicating the translation might have been a bit sloppy) and I don't know the extent to which small errors like putting a wrong date (and then a page or a few ones later the right one appears). This book is recommended for those who want to know more about the Hispanic and, in particular, Portuguese, Medieval History.
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