List of Cascais Memorial Lectures

Portugal and The British

(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          FULLY SUBSCRIBED              

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    FULLY SUBSCRIBED

The Treaties of Tagilde / Windsor started 650 years of Luso-British relations

Lecture 3: Monday 21 April 2025, 15.30, 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 17 July 2025, 15.30 Casa Sommer, Cascais

1385: ALJUBARROTA AND THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR

English archers and the accuracy of the Welsh longbow

Lecture 6: 25 September 2025, Casa Sommer, Cascais (In memory of Elisabete Oliveira)

1580-1640: THE TUDORS AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH PORTUGAL DURING THE DUAL MONARCHY. PART I

Lecture 7: 23 October 2025, Casa Sommer, Cascais (In memory of Paulo Lowndes Marques)

1580-1640: THE TUDORS AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH PORTUGAL DURING THE DUAL MONARCHY. PART II

Lecture 8: Thursday 4 December 2025, Casa Sommer, Cascais. 15.30

1640-1800: THE STRATEGIC INTERDEPENDENCE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND ENGLAND

• The Restoration and the Diplomatic Realignment (1640-1661)
• The Marriage of D. Catarina de Bragança and Charles II (1662): Diplomacy, Culture and Geopolitics
• The Treaty of Methuen and the Commercial Alliance (1703)
• Military and Strategic Cooperation
• The Pombaline Reforms, British Influence and the Earthquake of 1755
• Pre-Napoleonic Tensions

Lecture 9: To be advised

Lecture 10: To be advised

Lecture 11: To be advised

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