Historical dictionary of Portugal
Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country'sunique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. This, in spite of the fact that Portuguese
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Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A. Monarchs of Portugal (1140-1910); Appendix B. Presidents of the Republic (1910-present); Appendix C. Prime Ministers since 1926; Bibliography; About the Authors