Valladares, Rafael (2010). The conquest of Lisbon – military violence and political community in Portugal, 1578-1583. Lisboa: Texto Editores, 332 pp (ISBN 978-972-47-4111-6)

http://hdl.handle.net/11144/489

Mendes, João Maria

Abstract

In this essay, Rafael Valladares, a researcher at Instituto de Historia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), analyses how, following the battle of Alcácer-Quibir, Philip II prepared and accomplished the “Spanish-Portuguese dynastic union” by simultaneously playing the political-diplomatic and the legal games, despite never disregarding the use of military strength.