The Chronicles of Fern縊 Lopes: Volume 2. the Chronicle of King Fernando of Portugal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781855663978)

Volume II of the first complete English translation of the chronicles of Fern縊 Lopes chronicles the reign of Fernando I (1367-1383) including Portugal's involvement in the Hundred Years' War, the military conflicts with Castile, the alliances with England, Aragon and Granada, the king's marriage with Leonor Teles, and the dispute over the succession to the Portuguese throne.'

Until now, the chronicles of Fern縊 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 Lez 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.

Author: Am駘ia P. Hutchinson
ISBN-10: 185566397X
ISBN-13: 9781855663978
Publisher: Tamesis Books
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2023
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d