Portuguese expansion rested on an alliance with English capitalist aristocracy

Evidence

One generally unrecognized but crucial relationship, when we speak in strictly political terms, involved a relatively weak but native feudal ruling class and its more powerful extra-national ruling-class allies. Specifically, this amounted to an alliance between Portugal’s House of Avis, with its neodynastic nobility and bourgeoisie, and a strain of capitalistic aristocracy that had been bred in England by war and civil war, political chaos, and economic recession, and a close connection to an emerging British bourgeoisie. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 523

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 523
• XREF: connects to: The nation “Portugal” masks a mix of supranational capitalist forces; English capital subsidized both Brazilian independence and slave imports; Ethnic division between English and Irish workers serves capitalist domination (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Britain’s industrial bourgeoisie integrated into the old aristocratic bloc rather than seizing power. #corroborates (0.45)
• English capital subsidized both Brazilian independence and slave imports #qualifies (0.35)
• Ethnic division between English and Irish workers serves capitalist domination #exemplifies (0.30)