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Portugal and the Europe: Similarities, Bridges and Potential Avenues to Explore in Future Works on Comparative Fiscal History

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The afterword provides an overview of the development of Portuguese state finances, linking this back to theories discussed in the literature review, and comparing and contrasting the Portuguese experience with the above case studies.

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  1. 1.

    A comparative study of fiscal tools used by both Portugal and Castile during the War of Castilian Succession (1475–1479) has been recently submitted and accepted for publication by Dominguez and Triano Milán (in press). For the use of churches’ silverware in that context, see Marques (1989). For the Castilian case, see Del Pulgar (2008) and Ortego Rico (2012).

  2. 2.

    Sánchez Martínez (1995); Sánchez Martínez et al., (2008).

  3. 3.

    Costa (2013: 45–46).

  4. 4.

    Costa and Brito (2018).

  5. 5.

    Torgal 1981–1982, Cardim (1993), Costa (2009), Costa et al., (2021).

  6. 6.

    Costa et al., (2014), Palma and Reis (2018).

  7. 7.

    Azevedo (1973), Godinho (1955), Macedo (1982), SĂ©rgio (1984).

  8. 8.

    Costa et al., (2014: 4–5).

  9. 9.

    Yun-Casalilla (2019: 432).

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Dominguez, R.d.C., Andrade, A.A. (2023). Portugal and the Europe: Similarities, Bridges and Potential Avenues to Explore in Future Works on Comparative Fiscal History. In: Dominguez, R.d.C., Andrade, A.A. (eds) Portugal in a European Context. Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06227-8_16

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