PORTUGAL - GATEWAY TO GREATNESS by W. J. BARNES CONTENTS Acknowledgements Preface The Portuguese People The Garden of Europe The Folk Background to History The Nation is Born Conquests and Discoveries As Pioneers of Christianity Lisbon and Oporto Great Portuguese The Regime 169 Index Dynastic Houses and Rulers of Portugal PREFACE PORTUGAL is a land of legend and song, of flowers, sunshine and extremes of climate, of palaces, churches, castles and of crumbling ruins. She is of the West, yet as eastern as many countries of the East paradox seems rooted in the soil. Her people have descended from many races, yet they have remained racially in allegiance to the first inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. They are hard working folk who in past years have been exposed to nearly every form of political instability, but they never completely lost their hope in the tomorrow on which they base their traditional optimism. They do not enjoy a high standard of living, but there is enough food to...

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