Dislocating a Trade Network: New Christian and Jewish Merchants Between the Portuguese and the British Empires (1700-1730)
Abstract
This article correlates the transformations of the Lisbon's commercial elite during the first half of the 18th century, the Inquisition repression against New Christians, and the Sephardic influx to London in the 1720s-1730s. These intertwined events are considered under the framework of the Anglo-Portuguese relations after the Treaty of Methuen. Our analysis focuses on the crisscrossed trajectories of three New Christian homens de negócio, which illustrate how the circumstances of the progressive "Old Christianization" of Lisbon's mercantile elite and the migratory flows to London are key points to understand the dynamics and imbalances of the Anglo-Portuguese trade in the 18th century.
Este artigo inter-relaciona as transformações da elite mercantil de Lisboa na 1.ª metade do século XVIII, a repressão inquisitorial contra os cristãos-novos e o fluxo migratório sefardita para Londres nas décadas de 20 e 30. Estes acontecimentos são analisados à luz das relações luso-britânicas após o Tratado de Methuen. A nossa análise foca-se das trajectórias cruzadas de três homens de negócio cristãos-novos, as quais ilustram como as circunstâncias da progressiva mudança do perfil da elite mercantil lisboeta e os fluxos migratórios para Londres são pontos-chave para a compreensão das dinâmicas e desequilíbrios do comércio luso-britânico em Setecentos.
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