Portugal in a European Context

Introduction.- Part I: Medieval and Early Modern Portuguese State Finances: sources and evidence.- Chapter 1:"The study of Medieval Fiscal History in Portugal: results and problems (1951-2020)".- Chapter 2: "The collection of annates in Portugal during the Papacy of Avignon, c. 1316-1378: just another case of apostolic tax-collecting in a realm at the back of beyond?".- Chapter 3: "Was the economy an Issue? Kings and economic legislation in Medieval Portugal, c. 1200-1400".- Chapter 4:"A difficult transition: Portuguese State finances between later medieval and early modern times, c. 1430-1530".- Chapter 5:"Taxes and fiscal institutions in a maritime empire: a comparative view of overseas' territories under the Portuguese Crown".- Part I afterword.- Part II: The development of state finance: Portugal in European context.- Introduction.- Chapter 1:"The "resource curse" of medieval English state finances, c. 1155-1453".- Chapter 2:"Tax histories in the Kingdom of France (12 ^th to 15 ^th centuries): policies, rules and practices".- Chapter 3:"Tradition and innovation in late medieval and early modern (Northern) Italy".- Chapter 4:"A Treasury in transition: changes and continuity in the management of Castilian State income and expenditure during the reign of Isabella I, c. 1474-1504.- Chapter 5:"The Public debt in the Crown of Aragon at the end of the Middle Ages: A particular case?".- Chapter 6:Low Countries) - "Why Holland had a financial revolution, but Flanders and Brabant did not".- Chapter 7:"Financial policy and fiscal control of the Papal States territory in Early Modern Age".- Part II afterword.