In The Crown, the Court and the Casa da Índia, Susannah Humble Ferreira re-evaluates the place of the overseas expansion in the policies of the Portuguese Crown in the so-called 'Age of Discoveries'.

Susannah Humble Ferreira, Ph.D. (2003), The Johns Hopkins University is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph in Canada, She has published numerous articles and chapters on the history of Portugal during the reign of Manuel I (1495-1521).