Gomes Eanes de Azurara
Gomes Eanes de Azurara , Portuguese Gomes Eanes de Zurara (* around 1410 in Azurara near Vila do Conde ; † 1474 ) was a Portuguese historian .
Azurara was a collaborator of Fernão Lopes and was in 1454 as his successor royal chronicler ( Cronista-mor ). Azurara continued with his work Crónica da tomada de Ceuta ( Chronicle of the Capture of Ceuta ) the incomplete description of the rule of the Portuguese King John I of Lopes. The work deals with the conquest of the Muslim coastal cities of North Africa. Azurara's masterpiece is the Crónica do descobrimento e conquista da Guiné ( Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea ), the first description of the Portuguese voyages of discovery and a hymn of praise for the role of Henry the Navigator .
Fonts
- Chronica del Rei D. Joam I de boa memória. Terceira parte em que se contam a Tomada de Ceuta . Lisbon 1644.
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Chronica do Descobrimento e Conquista da Guiné. Paris 1841.
- English edition of Edgar Prestage : The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, in 2 volumes, Ed. Hakluyt Society (First Series 95 & 100 ), London, 1896–1899.
- Chronica do Conde D. Pedro de Menezes . Printed in: Inéditos de Historia Portugueza , vol. ii (Lisbon, 1792).
- Chronica do Conde D. Duarte de Menezes . Printed in: Inéditos de Historia Portugueza . Vol. Iii, Lisbon 1793.
- Crónica da tomada de Ceuta .
literature
- Klaus Herbers : History of Spain in the Middle Ages , Verlag Kohlhammer, ISBN 3-17-018871-2 .
- António Henrique de Oliveira Marques : History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 385). Translated from the Portuguese by Michael von Killisch-Horn. Kröner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-520-38501-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Azurara, Gomes Eanes de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gomes Eanes de Zurara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1410 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1474 |