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The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes [5 Volume Set]

The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes [5 Volume Set]

Hardcover

Series: Textos B, Book 64

Medieval & Renaissance HistorySpainish & Portuguese History

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ISBN10: 185566240X
ISBN13: 9781855662407
Publisher: Tamesis Books
Published: Jun 20 2023
Pages: 1644
Weight: 6.50
Height: 4.10 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
This 5 volume set represents the first complete English translation of one of the major chronicles of medieval Europe, by 'the father of Portuguese historiography'

Covering the reigns of Pedro I, Fernando I and João I up to the signing of the 1411 treaty with Castile which confirmed the survival of the Portuguese kingdom, the chronicles provide a wealth of detail on late fourteenth-century politics, diplomacy, warfare and economic matters, courtly society, queenship and noble women, as well as more mundane concerns such as food, health and the purchasing power of a fluctuating currency. Lopes had a keen eye for detail and a perspective especially attuned to the common people, and his chronicles provide an invaluable source for the history of Western Europe in the later Middle Ages.

The first four volumes are accompanied by introductions and bibliographies setting the translations in context, and the fifth volume contains a general bibliography and a comprehensive general index encompassing all of the chronicles.

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