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“How can we restore after being lost, if not doing justice?” The Overseas Council and the dialogue with the conquests in times of uncertainty (1640-1656)

Published 2019-02-04 — Updated on 2021-04-27

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Keywords

  • Overseas Council,
  • Justice,
  • Portuguese monarchy

How to Cite

Loureiro, Marcello José Gomes. (2019) 2021. “‘How Can We Restore After Being Lost, If Not Doing justice?’ The Overseas Council and the Dialogue With the Conquests in Times of Uncertainty (1640-1656)”. Locus: History Journal 24 (1). https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2018.v24.20869.

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the circumstances and meanings of the creation of the Overseas Council, in 1642, in the midst of the post-Restoration situation. It argues that the court administered justice not only by analyzing and distributing the favors demanded by the overseas parties, but also by functioning as a privileged locus for achieving harmony of those parties, by providing security conditions for local agreements or pacts.

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