Abstract
It is generally accepted that Portugal was a leader of what is termed “The Golden Age of Exploration.” One wonders how Portugal, which controlled little territory on the European Continent and had a small population, was able to become a powerful force. During the course of the Reconquista, the kingdom of Castile had absorbed the lion’s share of the territory on the Iberian Peninsula, which left Portugal with only a thin strip of territory along the Atlantic coast. Yet by 1500, the Portuguese trade empire reached the Far East and would reach Japan in the 1540s.
This essay examines the conditions of Anglo-Portuguese trade during the reign of João I, highlighting the problems encountered by merchants and the vicissitudes of trade relations.
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V.M. Shillington, The Commercial Relations of England and Portugal (1907; repr., New York: Burt Franklin, 1970), p. vii.
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Geouge, J.C. (2007). Anglo-Portuguese Trade During the Reign of João I of Portugal, 1385–1433. In: Bullón-Fernández, M. (eds) England and Iberia in the Middle Ages, 12th–15th Century. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603103_7
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