(in association with the British Historical Society of Portugal)
PROPOSED LECTURES - Dates and locations in central Cascais will be announced nearer the date and may change from month to month.
Lecture 1: 27 February 2025, 15.30 Casa Sommer, Cascais (In memory of Sheila Milsom)
1147: THE CONQUEST OF LISBON
The crucial role played by the English crusaders who happened to be passing by
Lecture 2: Thursday, 27 March 2025, 15.30 Casa Sommer, Cascais
1372: THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
The Treaties of Tagilde / Windsor started 650 years of Luso-British relations
Lecture 3: Thursday 17 April 2025, Casa Sommer, Cascais
1381: THE FERNANDINE WARS
The frustrated marriage of Edward, son of Edmond de Langley, Earl of Cambridge
Lecture 4: Thursday, 22 May 2025, Casa Sommer, Cascais
1385: ALJUBARROTA AND THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
English archers and the accuracy of the Welsh longbow
Lecture 5: Thursday 26 June 2025, Casa Sommer, Cascais
1386: THE TREATY OF BABE
John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, aspires to become the King of Castile
Lecture 6: To be advised
1578: A MERCENARY IN ALCÁCER-QUIBIR
The death of Sir Thomas Stukeley
Lecture 7: To be advised
1600: THE DUAL MONARCHY OF SPAIN & PORTUGAL
England attacks their old ally, the Portuguese Empire
Lecture 8: To be advised
1640: INDEPENDENCE RESTORED
The new commercial and diplomatic perspectives of the old allies
Lecture 9: To be advised
1750: ONE TREATY AFTER ANOTHER
Methuen, the Spanish Succession, the Seven Years’ War and much more
Lecture 10: To be advised
1807: THE FRENCH INVASIONS
The Iberian Peninsula gets dragged into an external war
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