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Uma cartografia das mentalidades : a diplomacia portuguesa na Corte Isabelina
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Na grande área das Humanidades, em geral, e dos Estudos Ingleses, em particular, o
regresso ao período pré-moderno tem vindo a ser cada vez menos frequente. Esta tese
pretende contrariar essa corrente e evidenciar como o estudo do Renascimento permite uma
melhor compreensão das relações anglo-portuguesas, como estabelece relações significativas
de interdisciplinaridade, não só entre as grandes áreas do Conhecimento, mas também com
diversas áreas disciplinares, como a História e a Historiografia, a Teoria da Diplomacia, as
Relações Internacionais, entre outras.
Uma Cartografia das Mentalidades: A Diplomacia Portuguesa na Corte Isabelina
centra-se na investigação da correspondência diplomática dos embaixadores portugueses
enviados à corte de Inglaterra, entre 1558 e 1581, i.e., desde o início do reinado da monarca
Tudor até à saída da corte isabelina do último embaixador português, decorrente do começo
da União Ibérica. Serão analisadas as missões dos diplomatas lusos João Pereira Dantas
(1559; 1562-63), Manoel d’Araújo (1560-61), Ayres Cardoso (1564), Manuel d’Álvares
(1567-68), Francisco Giraldes (1571-78) e António de Castilho (1579-81), segundo três casos
principais: o caso económico (Capítulo I), o caso religioso (Capítulo II) e o caso político
(Capítulo III).
O estudo do corpus de Uma Cartografia das Mentalidades evidencia o papel do
Embaixador enquanto ponte metafórica entre o 'Eu' e o 'Outro', responsável por formar,
entretecer e determinar o modo como os soberanos pensavam, julgavam e, em última análise,
decidiam sobre as matérias de governação. No equilíbrio entre o silêncio e a palavra
enunciada encontramos os embaixadores portugueses na corte isabelina: o silêncio forçado
por factores externos, como aquele imposto pelo desaparecimento das suas missivas no
Grande Terramoto de 1755, mas, acima de tudo, o silêncio imposto pelos próprios, num
exercício de contensão, na decisão de escrever nas entrelinhas.
The emphasis on the early modern period has become less frequent within the large area of the Humanities, in general, and of the British Studies, in particular. It is the purpose of this thesis to counter such current and to endorse the study of the Renaissance, once it provides a better understanding of the Anglo-Portuguese relations, while it also establishes meaningful interdisciplinary associations, namely among the wide areas of knowledge and subject areas, as History and Historiography, Diplomacy Theory and International Relations. A Cartography of Mentalities: Portuguese Diplomacy in the Elizabethan Court focuses on the study of the diplomatic correspondence authored by the Portuguese ambassadors between 1558 and 1581, i.e., from the beginning of Elizabeth I’s reign until the end of the Portuguese diplomatic representation in England, as a result of the Iberian Union. The missions of the Portuguese ambassadors João Pereira Dantas (1559, 1562-63), Manoel d'Araújo (1560-61), Ayres Cardoso (1564), Manuel d'Álvares (1567-68), Francisco Giraldes (1571-78), and António de Castilho (1579-81) will be analysed according to three main cases: the economic case (Chapter I), the religious case (Chapter II) and the political case (Chapter III). The analysis of the corpus in A Cartography of Mentalities points to the role of the Ambassador as a metaphorical bridge between the 'I' and the 'Other', responsible for shaping and determining the way rulers thought, judged and, ultimately, decided on matters of governance. The reader will encounter the Portuguese ambassadors in the Elizabethan court in the balance between the articulated word and the silence, the latter being either involuntary – such was the case with the Lisbon 1755 earthquake and the disappearance of part of the diplomatic correspondence – or intentional, an exercise of contention, the decision to write between the lines.
The emphasis on the early modern period has become less frequent within the large area of the Humanities, in general, and of the British Studies, in particular. It is the purpose of this thesis to counter such current and to endorse the study of the Renaissance, once it provides a better understanding of the Anglo-Portuguese relations, while it also establishes meaningful interdisciplinary associations, namely among the wide areas of knowledge and subject areas, as History and Historiography, Diplomacy Theory and International Relations. A Cartography of Mentalities: Portuguese Diplomacy in the Elizabethan Court focuses on the study of the diplomatic correspondence authored by the Portuguese ambassadors between 1558 and 1581, i.e., from the beginning of Elizabeth I’s reign until the end of the Portuguese diplomatic representation in England, as a result of the Iberian Union. The missions of the Portuguese ambassadors João Pereira Dantas (1559, 1562-63), Manoel d'Araújo (1560-61), Ayres Cardoso (1564), Manuel d'Álvares (1567-68), Francisco Giraldes (1571-78), and António de Castilho (1579-81) will be analysed according to three main cases: the economic case (Chapter I), the religious case (Chapter II) and the political case (Chapter III). The analysis of the corpus in A Cartography of Mentalities points to the role of the Ambassador as a metaphorical bridge between the 'I' and the 'Other', responsible for shaping and determining the way rulers thought, judged and, ultimately, decided on matters of governance. The reader will encounter the Portuguese ambassadors in the Elizabethan court in the balance between the articulated word and the silence, the latter being either involuntary – such was the case with the Lisbon 1755 earthquake and the disappearance of part of the diplomatic correspondence – or intentional, an exercise of contention, the decision to write between the lines.
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Embaixadores portugueses - Grã-Bretanha - séc.16 - Correspondência Portugal - Relações externas - Grã-Bretanha - séc.16 - Fontes Grã-Bretanha - Relações externas - Portugal - séc.16 - Fontes História das mentalidades - Portugal - séc.16 Teses de doutoramento - 2018