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Article: Portugal
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PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL.
In 1385 a new dynasty came to power in Portugal under John I (Jo
ã
o of Avis; 1357
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1433; ruled 1385
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1433). With the capture of the last Muslim stronghold in 1249, Portugal, located on the southwest corner of Europe and bordered by Castile to the east, had achieved roughly its modern boundaries. Though hit hard by the Black Death in 1348
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1349, its population a century later had recovered to about one million inhabitants.
But the year 1450 marked a critical time in Portuguese history. Eighteen-year-old Afonso V (ruled 1438
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1481), grandson of the founder of the Avis dynasty, was on the throne. The previous year (1449) his uncle, ...
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