Renascent empire? : : the House of Braganza and the quest for stability in Portuguese monsoon Asia c.1640-1683 / / Glenn J. Ames.

• Author: Ames, Glenn Joseph.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (263 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"Based on extensive archival research in Portugal, India, England, and France, this work provides the first monographic study of a crucial, yet hitherto ignored period in the history of Portugal's Asian empire: the years ca. 1640-1683. Ames' revisionist work demonstrates that, contrary to the traditional view of the inevitable decline and stagnation of the Estado da India after ca. 1640, these were years of innovative and dynamic reform which brought about the geo-political and economic stabilization of Portuguese Asia by 1683. The book details this fundamental shift in Crown policy toward Asia as initiated by Prince Regent Pedro of Braganza (1668-1702) and carried out most effectively by Viceroy Luis de Mendonca Furtado e Albuquerque."--Jacket

Table of Contents

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Priorities in the Reino, c. 1640-1683; II Politics and Policies: Viceroys and Governors, c. 1661-1681; III Christians: Saints and Sinners, c. 1640-1683; IV Spices: The Carreira da India, c. 1640-1683; V Administration: European Hierarchies and the Resiliency of Indigenous Structures, 1640-1683; VI Foreign Policy: Diplomatic Relations with the Reis Vizinhos and European Rivals, 1640-1683; VII An African Eldorado: The Quest for Wealth in Mozambique and the Rios de Cuama, c. 1640-1683; Conclusion Portuguese Asia, c. 1683; Bibliography; Notes; Index