Networks of exchange in anglo-portuguese sixteenth-century diplomacy and Thomas Wilson’s mission to Portugal

Oliveira, Susana

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Networks of exchange in anglo-portuguese sixteenth-century diplomacy and Thomas Wilson’s mission to Portugal

2020-11-26Book part

dc.contributor.author	Oliveira, Susana
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-30T09:03:43Z
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dc.date.issued	2020-11-26
dc.description.abstract	In June 1567, Elizabeth I sent Dr. Thomas Wilson on a diplomatic assignment to Lisbon. His mission was to present before the Portuguese king and his court the English Queen’s displeasure and firm protest against the Portuguese conduct at sea: she simply could not approve of Portugal’s ‘innovative’ policies, which included sinking English ships, seizing their cargo and imprisoning their crews. The fact that English privateers had been endangering the Portuguese economy and the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance for decades was an irrelevant coincidence of sea strategy, a matter that the English emissary would have to avoid at all costs. Therefore, significant political and economic complexities, as well as disagreements, underlined Wilson’s diplomatic mission. The English ambassador finally arrived in Lisbon on the 5th of October, after having endured a terrible storm at sea, only to admit himself directly in a hospital. There, he was visited by Ayres Cardoso, the Portuguese ambassador he had formerly met in London, who welcomed him on behalf of the King. In his letter to Cecil, Wilson mentions a second visitor, a man of the Inquisition, and his message of warning: “Well then, I caution you to conduct yourself piously and to not arise amongst us any schism.” Religious asymmetries distanced the two kingdoms even farther, while simultaneously emphasised the role of diplomacy in the establishment of a common ground of understanding, a bridge between two worlds. Based on Wilson’s mission to Lisbon, this paper explores the Anglo-Portuguese diplomatic correspondence and the exchange of ambassadorial missions between the courts of Portugal and England in the 16th century.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	Networks of Exchange: Exile, Diplomacy, and Textual Transmission (FFI2015-66847-P; MINECO)	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Oliveira, S. (2020). "Chapter 2 Networks of Exchange in Anglo-Portuguese Sixteenth-Century Diplomacy and Thomas Wilson’s Mission to Portugal". In Exile, Diplomacy and Texts. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004438040_004	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1163/9789004438040_004	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	9789004438040
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/12864
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Brill	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Early modern	pt_PT
dc.subject	Anglo-Portuguese relations	pt_PT
dc.subject	Diplomacy	pt_PT
dc.title	Networks of exchange in anglo-portuguese sixteenth-century diplomacy and Thomas Wilson’s mission to Portugal	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Leiden, The Netherlands	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	54	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	32	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Exile, Diplomacy and Texts
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