Luis de Sousa

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Luis de Sousa (* around 1555 in Santarem ; † May 5, 1632 in Benfica , Lisbon ; actually Manoel de Sousa Coutinho ) was an important Portuguese historian and writer .

Life

Luis de Sousa was born as Manoel de Sousa Coutinho. His father was Lopo de Sousa Coutinho, his mother Dona Maria de Noronha. He studied law in Coimbra . As a young man he traveled to Asia and was a novice of the Order of Malta for a short time (1576). He was also a prisoner of war in North Africa .

In 1583 he married Dona Madalena de Vilhena, widow of an important hero of the battle of Alcácer-Quibir .

From 1590 the family lived in Almada , where he held various state offices from 1599.

When the only daughter died, the couple entered the Sao Domingos de Benfica monastery, a Dominican monastery. There he was given the name Luis de Sousa.

De Sousa died in Lisbon in 1632.

The playwright Almeida Garrett wrote a play about Luis de Sousa in 1843 , which is generally considered to be one of the most important plays in the history of Portugal and also one of the most important of European Romanticism .

Works (selection)

  • Vida de Dom Frei Bartolomeu dos Martires, (1619), historiography.
  • Cronica de Sao Domingos (3 parts, between 1623 and 1678, partly posthumously), chronicle.
  • Anais de El-Rei D. Joao III (1844 posthumously), historiography.

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  • Encyclopedia Britannica (eng)
  • Major works of Spanish and Portuguese literature, Kindler's New Literature Lexicon.
  • Knauer's Lexicon of World Literature
personal data
SURNAME Sousa, Luis de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sousa Coutinho, Manoel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese writer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1555
PLACE OF BIRTH Santarem , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1632
Place of death Benfica , Lisbon , Portugal