Carvalhal, HélderMurteira, André Alexandre MartinsJesus, Roger Lee de2023-05-092023-05-0920239788894698442PURE: 54683405PURE UUID: 64ee4ebf-861f-42ac-a0c1-53fe20f5cfachttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/152545UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020This article discusses recent historiographical trends regarding the evolution of warfare in Portugal and its overseas empire in the early modern period. It presents a reassessment of the state of art on the Portuguese case in the early modern world (in the kingdom of Portugal in Europe and its overseas empire), followed by some contributions for an ongoing research agenda. It is divided in three parts, presenting overviews of the situation in Europe, overseas and at sea. It concludes that it is difficult to sustain that the Portuguese case supports the case for a link between an alleged military revolution and unilinear state-formation or Western military exceptionalism181651957engWarfareEarly modern portuguese worldNaval historyEmpireState Buildingbook parthttps://www.nam-sism.org/Fucina%20di%20marte/BLACK%20(Ed.)%20Global%20Military%20Transformations%201450-1800I.pdf