Alentejo. População e economia em finais de Setecentos

This study aims to make known the unpublished memories of two authors who, at the end of the 18th century, were concerned with the “decadence” and “depopulation” of the Alentejo, Gervásio Pais and Tomás António de Vila Nova Portugal, and information about the region of Vila Viçosa, by Torres Salgueiro, published in 1820, but until now unused, given the difficulty in consulting it. By Gervásio Pais, the Exhibition... on the state of agriculture and wool trafficking in the Province of Alentejo, Observations and examinations on the causes of the delay and ruin of agriculture and the municipality of Mértola. By Torres Salgueiro, Statistics on agriculture, population, etc. from the district of Vila Viçosa. And by Tomás António de Vila Nova Portugal, the Project of some measures for the culture of the Province of Alentejo. These historical sources are preceded by a presentation of Alentejo at the time, from an administrative, ecclesiastical, demographic and socioeconomic perspective, together with biographical data of the aforementioned authors.