The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes

Clive Willis; Iona McCleery; Francisco Fernandes; Shirley Clarke; Christopher Given-Wilson; Nicholas G. Round; David Green

doi:10.1017/9781805430100

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Volume 1: The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal
Edited by Amélia P. Hutchinson, University of Georgia, Teresa Amado, Juliet Perkins, King's College London, Philip Krummrich, Morehead State University, Kentucky
Translated by Clive Willis, Iona McCleery, Francisco Fernandes, Shirley Clarke
Introduction by Christopher Given-Wilson, Nicholas G. Round, David Green

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: December 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781805430100
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781805430100

Subjects:: British History: General Interest, History
Series:: Textos B

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Volume 1 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.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-x

List of Illustrations
pp xi-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xviii

Acknowledgements
pp xix-xxiii

Sponsors
pp xxiv-xxiv

Translators’ Note
pp xxv-xxviii

Abbreviations
pp xxix-xxix

Introduction
pp 1-2

1 - Fernão Lopes: The Father of Portuguese Historiography
pp 3-10

2 - Fernão Lopes and the Writing of a Late Medieval Portuguese History
pp 11-53

3 - The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal: Historical Context
pp 54-66

The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal
pp 67-68

Prologue
pp 69-70

Chapter 1 - Concerning the reign of King Pedro, the eighth king of Portugal, and about the qualities that he possessed
pp 71-73

Chapter 2 - How the King of Castile sent for the body of Queen Maria, his mother, and concerning the letter he sent to the King of Portugal, his uncle
pp 73-74

Chapter 3 - Concerning the letters that the Pope and the King of Aragon sent to the King of Portugal upon the death of the king his father
pp 75-76

Chapter 4 - How King Pedro dealt with judicial decisions in his house
pp 77-79

Chapter 5 - Concerning some of the things King Pedro ordered for the good of justice and for the benefit of his people
pp 79-81

Chapter 6 - How the king had two of his criados beheaded for robbing and killing a Jew
pp 81-83

Chapter 7 - How the king had wanted to subject a bishop to torture for sleeping with a married woman
pp 83-84

Chapter 8 - How the king had one of his squires castrated for sleeping with a married woman
pp 85-86

Chapter 9 - How the king ordered the wife of Afonso André to be burnt, and concerning other acts of justice he ordered to be carried out
pp 86-88

Chapter 10 - How the king had ordered the admiral to be put to death, and concerning the letter which the Doge and the Council of Commoners of Genoa wrote pleading for him
pp 88-89

Chapter 11 - Concerning the coins that King Pedro had minted and the value of gold and silver at that time
pp 89-91

Chapter 12 - How kings went about accumulating wealth and adding to it
pp 92-94

Chapter 13 - How King Pedro of Castile began to amass a vast fortune
pp 94-95

Chapter 14 - How King Pedro of Portugal made João Afonso Telo a count and dubbed him a knight, and the great feast that he gave for him
pp 95-96

Chapter 15 - The pacts that the King of Castile and King Pedro of Portugal signed and how the King of Portugal promised to support him against Aragon
pp 97-99

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