Accounts from the Trenches: Ambrósio Richshoffer’s Diary about the Portuguese-Dutch Wars in the Captancy of Paraiba (1631) ; Relatos de trincheira: o diário de Ambrósio Richshoffer sobre as guerras luso-holandesas na Capitania da Paraíba (1631)

The 17th century was a time of intense change and for some historians was a period of crisis, which contributed to the formation of modern European states and their colonies. In this context, the Dutch-Portuguese Wars (1630-1654) occurred in the Brazilian territory, were one of the several European conflicts that swept the world at that time, being these results of old disagreements between the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands against the Spanish Empire. By such a condition that between the years 1580-1640, Portugal and its colonies were part of the Spanish empire because of the politi... Mehr ...