Published 2025-07-07
Keywords
- cultural history of paper,
- eighteenth century Portugal,
- Alorna Family,
- Prisoner's letters,
- Paper trade in Portugal
- european paper trade,
- paper recycling,
- fourth marchionness of Alorna,
- second marquis of Alorna ...More
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Abstract
The author proposes an approach to the symbolic and emotional meanings invested in paper through time, by briefly focusing on two dimensions of paper mobility: a larger dimension related to international paper trade, documenting the circulation of imported paper in Portugal in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and a smaller scale one, focusing on the vital importance of paper circulation in a relatively small group of people formed of family members, relatives, clients and protectors. These aspects are contextualised by providing a brief overview of the history of paper production, trade and consumption in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.