The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal
Volume I of the first complete English translation of the chronicles of Fernão Lopes chronicles the reign of Pedro I (1357-67), dubbed both 'the Just' and 'the Cruel', including his dealings with the kingdom of Castile, the war between Castile and Aragon, and the revenge he took on the men who murdered the woman he loved, Inês de Castro.

Until now, the chronicles of Fernão Lopes (c.1380-c.1460) have only been available in critical editions or in partial translations. Comparable to the works of Froissart in France or López de Ayala in Spain, 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.
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The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal
Volume I of the first complete English translation of the chronicles of Fernão Lopes chronicles the reign of Pedro I (1357-67), dubbed both 'the Just' and 'the Cruel', including his dealings with the kingdom of Castile, the war between Castile and Aragon, and the revenge he took on the men who murdered the woman he loved, Inês de Castro.

Until now, the chronicles of Fernão Lopes (c.1380-c.1460) have only been available in critical editions or in partial translations. Comparable to the works of Froissart in France or López de Ayala in Spain, 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.
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The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal

The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal

The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal

The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal

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Volume I of the first complete English translation of the chronicles of Fernão Lopes chronicles the reign of Pedro I (1357-67), dubbed both 'the Just' and 'the Cruel', including his dealings with the kingdom of Castile, the war between Castile and Aragon, and the revenge he took on the men who murdered the woman he loved, Inês de Castro.

Until now, the chronicles of Fernão Lopes (c.1380-c.1460) have only been available in critical editions or in partial translations. Comparable to the works of Froissart in France or López de Ayala in Spain, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781855663961
Publisher: BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date: 06/20/2023
Series: Textos B , #64
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Amélia P. Hutchinson is Senior Lecturer Emerita in Portuguese at the University of Georgia, USA; Director of the Fernão Lopes Translation Project; and Integrated Research Fellow at the Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Teresa Amado was a Professor at the Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, Portugal.

Juliet Perkins is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London, UK.

Philip Krummrich is Professor in Communications, Media & Languages at Morehead State University, Kentucky, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Fernão Lopes the Father of Portuguese Historiography, Chris Given-Wilson
2. Fernão Lopes and the Writing of Late Medieval Portuguese, Nicholas Round
3. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal: Historical Context, David Green

THE CHRONICLE OF KING PEDRO OF PORTUGAL

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