A traveller's history of Portugal

The physical environment and prehistory

The Romans in Iberia

Invasions and early reconquests

The early Burgundians and Dom Afonso Henriques

The Afonsin dynasty

Aljubarrota and the century of the discoveries

Vasco da Gama reaches India : the empire expands

"The Spanish captivity" and the early Braganzas

The Eighteenth century : Joao V, and the domination of Pombal

The Peninsular and Miguelite Wars

The last Braganzas, and the First Republic

Salazar's "new state"

The Revolution of 1974 and after.