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Os feitos de D. Fuas Roupinho na Crónica de 1419

2012; University of Coimbra; Issue: 43 Linguagem: Inglês

10.14195/0870-4147_43_4

2183-3796

Tiago João Queimada e Silva,

Medieval and Early Modern Iberia

This study focuses on two specific chapters of the 1419 Crónica de Portugal (Chronicle of Portugal), dedicated to D. Fuas Roupinho's heroic deeds.I made a thorough examination of the chronicle's narratives where he played the leading role, aiming at a better understanding of the functionality that these reports incorporate, when framed in the global political-ideological purposes of the XV th century royal chronicles.On the other hand, I tried to draw up a short report on the state of the art regarding the recent process of making credible the historic character of D. Fuas Roupinho, initiated by a number of contemporary historians, and provide a general context of the historical background that has served as raw material for the formation of the account of the 1419 Chronicle, making use of elements revealed by other researchers.Finally, I tried to unveil new data on the supposed historical identity of the mythical Lusitanian "admiral".