The Chronicles of Fernao 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, and provides a wealth of detail on late fourteenth-century politics, diplomacy, warfare, and economic matters, courtly society, queenship, and noble women.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 20 June 2023
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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.

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.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781855663961