Chronica de el-rei D. Affonso Henriques by Duarte Galvão
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"Chronica de el-rei D. Affonso Henriques" by Duarte Galvão is a chronicle written around 1520. This illuminated manuscript presents a mythologized compilation of legends about Portugal's first king, Afonso I the Great. Written in old Portuguese, the work draws upon centuries of oral tradition and earlier texts, weaving tales of heroic battles against Moors and Christians alongside miraculous events. The chronicle became a crucial historiographic source for the Iberian Peninsula and inspired
later Portuguese literary masterpieces, including Camões's epic "The Lusiads." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Galvão, Duarte, 1446-1517 |
|---|---|
| Title | Chronica de el-rei D. Affonso Henriques |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0 |
| Credits | Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | DP: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Spain, Portugal |
| Subject | Afonso I, King of Portugal, 1109?-1185 |
| Subject | Portugal -- History -- Afonso I, 1139-1185 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18026 |
| Release Date | Mar 20, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 368 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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