Susannah Humble Ferreira, Ph.D. (2003), The Johns Hopkins University is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph in Canada, She has published numerous articles and chapters on the history of Portugal during the reign of Manuel I (1495-1521).

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Abbreviations xNames and Currency xiIntroduction 11 Spin Doctors of the Crown: The Chroniclers and Their Contexts 17Fernao Lopes, (Crónista Mor 1434–54) 20Gomes Eanes de Zurara, (Crónista Mor 1454–74) 22Dr. Vasco Fernandes de Lucena, (Crónista Mor 1474–97) 26Rui de Pina, (Crónista Mor 1497–1522) 30Duarte Galvao 37Joao de Barros and Damiao de Gois 392 From Royal Household to Royal Court: Patronage as a PoliticalStrategy 44Political Utility of Large Households 45Limitation of Household Size 46‘New Monarch’ or King of the Roads? 54Reorganization and Expansion of the Royal Household 583 Inquiry and Reform 69Return of the Exiles 71Expulsion of Jews and Muslims 75The Manueline Reforms 79Bureaucratization and Plural Appointments 84Re-routing the Court: Palaces and Itineraries 924 Alms for the King 101Controlling the Episcopacy 102Hospitals and Confraternities 108The Order of Christ and the Conquest of Morocco (1495–1510) 1205 The Crown and Its Castles 128Castles and Councillors 130Changes to Warfare at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century 140North Africa 142Death of Ferdinand of Aragon 147Estado da India 148Conclusion 157Bibliography 171Index 182

Susannah Humble Ferreira, Ph.D. (2003), The Johns Hopkins University is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph in Canada, She has published numerous articles and chapters on the history of Portugal during the reign of Manuel I (1495-1521).

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Abbreviations xNames and Currency xiIntroduction 11 Spin Doctors of the Crown: The Chroniclers and Their Contexts 17Fernao Lopes, (Crónista Mor 1434–54) 20Gomes Eanes de Zurara, (Crónista Mor 1454–74) 22Dr. Vasco Fernandes de Lucena, (Crónista Mor 1474–97) 26Rui de Pina, (Crónista Mor 1497–1522) 30Duarte Galvao 37Joao de Barros and Damiao de Gois 392 From Royal Household to Royal Court: Patronage as a PoliticalStrategy 44Political Utility of Large Households 45Limitation of Household Size 46‘New Monarch’ or King of the Roads? 54Reorganization and Expansion of the Royal Household 583 Inquiry and Reform 69Return of the Exiles 71Expulsion of Jews and Muslims 75The Manueline Reforms 79Bureaucratization and Plural Appointments 84Re-routing the Court: Palaces and Itineraries 924 Alms for the King 101Controlling the Episcopacy 102Hospitals and Confraternities 108The Order of Christ and the Conquest of Morocco (1495–1510) 1205 The Crown and Its Castles 128Castles and Councillors 130Changes to Warfare at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century 140North Africa 142Death of Ferdinand of Aragon 147Estado da India 148Conclusion 157Bibliography 171Index 182

Susannah Humble Ferreira, Ph.D. (2003), The Johns Hopkins University is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph in Canada, She has published numerous articles and chapters on the history of Portugal during the reign of Manuel I (1495-1521).

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Abbreviations xNames and Currency xiIntroduction 11 Spin Doctors of the Crown: The Chroniclers and Their Contexts 17Fernao Lopes, (Crónista Mor 1434–54) 20Gomes Eanes de Zurara, (Crónista Mor 1454–74) 22Dr. Vasco Fernandes de Lucena, (Crónista Mor 1474–97) 26Rui de Pina, (Crónista Mor 1497–1522) 30Duarte Galvao 37Joao de Barros and Damiao de Gois 392 From Royal Household to Royal Court: Patronage as a PoliticalStrategy 44Political Utility of Large Households 45Limitation of Household Size 46‘New Monarch’ or King of the Roads? 54Reorganization and Expansion of the Royal Household 583 Inquiry and Reform 69Return of the Exiles 71Expulsion of Jews and Muslims 75The Manueline Reforms 79Bureaucratization and Plural Appointments 84Re-routing the Court: Palaces and Itineraries 924 Alms for the King 101Controlling the Episcopacy 102Hospitals and Confraternities 108The Order of Christ and the Conquest of Morocco (1495–1510) 1205 The Crown and Its Castles 128Castles and Councillors 130Changes to Warfare at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century 140North Africa 142Death of Ferdinand of Aragon 147Estado da India 148Conclusion 157Bibliography 171Index 182