History : Portugal

This pathfinder contains electronic resources on the history of Portugal which includes timelines, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, and auxiliary studies. The Library of Congress Online Catalog Library of Congress Online Catalog, offers a wide bibliography of published works on subjects relating to Portugal. One need only search the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings. Some of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Portugal are the following sites: Iberia, The University of California at Berkeley's link to the Iberian Peninsula for both Portugal and Spain Iberian Studies Web, of WESS. Others sites one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for legal, political, and general information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/portugal.html) and the one prepared by the Library of Congress Federal Research Division: Portugal - A Country Study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pttoc.html)

APH : ASSOCIAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES DE HISTÓRIA  (http://www.aph.rcts.pt)
The Web site of the History Teacher's Association of Portugal, with a comprehensive text about the history of Portugal in English. In Portuguese, English, and French.

BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN MARIA I OF PORTUGAL  (http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ekvenjb/madmonarchs/maria1/maria1%5Fbio.htm)
This is a biography of the personal life of Maria I of Portugal. In English.

CNCDP : COMISSÃO NACIONAL PARA AS COMEMORAÇÕES DOS DESCOBRIMENTOS PORTUGUESES   (http://www.cncdp.pt)
The National Comission on the Commemoration of Portuguese Discoveries Homepage. Presents information about courses, projects, historical exhibitions, history on the Portuguese discoveries, publications, activities, news, collections, and more. In Portuguese.

EUROPEAN VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION : THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE  (http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied%5Fhistory/tutor/eurvoya/portuguese.html)
This electronic resource presents information about Portugal's monarchy and its maritime history. In English.

HISTORY OF PORTUGAL  (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%5Fof%5FPortugal)
The history of Portugal from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In English.

HISTÓRIA DE PORTUGAL  (http://www.ribatejo.com/hp/index.html)
A very comprehensive Web site about history of Portugal. Also contains a data base with vocabularies, documents, chronology, documents, images, characters, etc. In Portuguese.

MUSEU HISTÓRICO PORTUGUÊS  (http://www.serve.com/phsc/index.shtml)
The Web site of the Portuguese Historical Museum in San Jose, California. The Museum preserves the history of the Portuguese immigrants. In Portuguese and English.

O PORTAL DA HISTÓRIA : REIS, RAINHAS E PRESIDENTES  (http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/portugal/temashistoria/)
A very comprehensive Web site about history of Portugal on the following topics: kings, queens, and presidents. Includes genealogy and political documents. By Manuel Amaral. In Portuguese.

PORTAL DA HISTÓRIA   (http://www.terravista.pt/AguaAlto/1018/)
An electronic resource for searching the history of Portugal. Provides information about history methods and theory, pre-history, local and regional history, frontiers culture, compared history, educational texts, historical events, guides, publications, and access to links of files and libraries. In Portuguese.

PORTUGAL : PRIMARY DOCUMENTS  (http://www.lib.byu.edu/%7Erdh/eurodocs/portugal.html)
A very comprehensive collection of links about the History of Portugal, organized by Harold B. Lee Library. Presents information on: medieval sourcebook (translations), treaty between Spain and Portugal, exploration and expansion (translations and transcriptions), Royal act granting to the Portuguese Inquisition the status of Royal Tribunal, granting it independence and administrative autonomy, (20 May 1769; transcription), naval history, documents and sources from the contemporary Portuguese politics and history research centre, World War II in Europe, Constitution of the Republic of Portugal and other legislation, historic cities of Spain and Portugal, historical text archive, and international civic [coats of] arms: Portugal. In english.

PORTUGAL'S HISTORY ON-LINE  (http://www.cphrc.org.uk/history.htm)
The CPHRC presents a whole range of material that is helpful towards an understanding of the Portuguese Republic since its foundation in 1910. Contains information about the Portuguese Republic, fragments, timeles, symbols of the republic, and presidents and prime ministers. In English.

PORTUGUESE COLONIAL HISTORY : BIBLIOGRAPHY  (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6497/biblioP.html)
A very comprehensive bibliography of Portuguese colonial history of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, written by Marco Ramerini. In Portuguese.

PORTUGUESE HISTORY  (http://www.eun.org/vs/history/portugal/pt%5Fhistory.html)
The Portuguese history, with colored illustrations, by European Schoolnet. In English.

THE PORTUGUESE MILITARY ORDERS  (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3908/militaryorders/index.html)
The Homepage of the Ancient Portuguese Military Order presents information on: overview, Order of Christ, Order of Christ and its awards by Rome, Order of Avis, Order of St. James of the Sword (Sant'Iago da Espada), Order of the Tower & of the Sword, Valour, Loyalty and Merit, News & Events on Military Orders' history (1998-99), links to related pages on military orders, Orders of Chivalry & of Merit (with commentaries and review), memberships & awards, Admiral Dom Vasco da Gama commemoration page, orders & decorations of Portugal: insignia, bibliographies, and events. In English.

A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PORTUGUESE HISTORY  (http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/history/porthist.htm)
A select bibliography of Portuguese history. Contains: atlases and geographical sources, bibliographies of bibliographies, bibliographies: subject-by-period and subject-by-topic, biographical sources, book review sources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, other general works, dissertations, general histories and chronologies, government publications, library catalogs, national and universal bibliographies, indexes and abstracts, periodicals: indexes and guides, archives and manuscripts, electronic texts, microformat, and statistical sources. In English.