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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                          

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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