On the Way to the Empire

The Portuguese Diplomacy of the Late Middle Ages

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ID20351938
AuthorsDiogo Faria (0000-0002-4640-6394, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume42
Issue1
Pages165-186
Publication date2024-01-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudia Historica Historia Medieval (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0213-2060 • E-ISSN: 2445-3595
PublisherEdiciones Universidad de Salamanca (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.14201/shhme.30104
OpenAlexW4391126339
LanguageEN
References cited18

At the end of the Middle Ages, the kings of Portugal broadened their network of diplomatic contacts while several navigators, on their behalf, were exploring the Atlantic. In this work, based on empirical research on 15th-century embassies and ambassadors, the outlines of the Portuguese diplomacy of that time are presented, giving an account of who the interlocutors were, characterising the ways in which connections were established, addressing the importance of writing and the typology of the documents involved in the contacts, socially characterising the representatives of the monarchs and looking at the relevance of the ceremonies and rituals in these connections. It is intended, therefore, to point out what the external relations of the kings of Portugal of this period had in common with the diplomacy of the medieval West in general and to identify the specificities of the Portuguese case

Ancient history · Archaeology · Diplomacy · Empire · Linguistics · Middle Ages · Middle East · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Classics · Historical Studies on Spain · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Iberia · Philosophy

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