Abstract

FONSECA, Teresa. The Municipal Administration in Elvas During the Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668). e-JPH [online]. 2008, vol.6, n.2, pp.1-15. ISSN 1645-6432.

The case study of Elvas - one of the main military border zones - is the subject of this essay, which studies the way in which municipal administrations reacted and adapted to the Portuguese Restoration War. It analyses the relationships between the local authorities, the army and the central government and the way in which Elvas Town Council dealt with the ever-growing defensive, logistic, economic, social, financial and administrative problems. Problems originated in an exceptionally difficult situation, which lasted for 28 years.

Keywords : Restoration; War; Army; Border; Municipality; Society.

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