António Martins Costa

Email: antonio_martinscosta@hotmail.com

António Carlos Martins Costa holds a degree in History and a Master’s degree in Medieval History from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. He obtained his PhD in History (Medieval Studies) from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, where he defended the doctoral thesis Portuguese Military Art between the Late Middle Ages and the Dawn of the Early Modern Period (1449–1521) under the supervision of João Gouveia Monteiro. He is a researcher at the Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura and at the Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa. His research focuses primarily on the periods of the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, with particular emphasis on military history, the history of international relations, and political and institutional history. Within this framework, he is the author of several scholarly publications and conference papers presented in Portugal and abroad, and has also been a member of the international network Medieval Culture and War. He is a founding member of the Associação Ibérica de História Militar (séculos IV–XVI), a member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Estudos Medievais, and director of the Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Castelos.

Main interests and research topics: Medieval History of Portugal; Military History; History of International Relations; Political and Institutional History; Battle of Toro.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-6227

Ciência Vitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/E912-4515-6C4A

Repository: https://coimbra.academia.edu/Ant%C3%B3nioMartinsCosta

Research field(s): Societies, Powers, Inequalities; Heritage, Cultures and Identities.