Merchants Groups in the Seventeenth-Century Brazilian Sugar Trade: reappraising Old Topics with New Research Insights

• Autores: Leonor Freire Costa
• Localización: e-Journal of Portuguese History, ISSN-e 1645-6432, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2004
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper examines the role of the New Christians within Portuguese mercantile organizations during the early modern period. It stems from the case of the General Brazil Company, because the foundation of this enterprise provides an example of how the 17th-century Portuguese authorities dealt with New Christian issues, allowing for a survey of Portuguese historiography on the subject.