The Chronicles of Fernão Lopes: Volume 1. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal (Textos B, 64)

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. Front cover 1 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 12 Preface 14 Acknowledgements 20 Sponsors 25 Translators’ note 26 Abbreviations 30 Introduction 36 1 Fernão Lopes: the Father of Portuguese Historiography 38 2 Fernão Lopes and the Writing of a Late Medieval Portuguese History 46 3 The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal: Historical Context 89 The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal 102 Prologue 104 Chapter 1 106 Chapter 2 108 Chapter 3 110 Chapter 4 112 Chapter 5 114 Chapter 6 116 Chapter 7 118 Chapter 8 120 Chapter 9 121 Chapter 10 123 Chapter 11 124 Chapter 12 127 Chapter 13 129 Chapter 14 130 Chapter 15 132 Chapter 16 135 Chapter 17 138 Chapter 18 143 Chapter 19 145 Chapter 20 147 Chapter 21 149 Chapter 22 151 Chapter 23 153 Chapter 24 155 Chapter 25 157 Chapter 26 158 Chapter 27 160 Chapter 28 161 Chapter 29 164 Chapter 30 167 Chapter 31 168 Chapter 32 171 Chapter 33 173 Chapter 34 175 Chapter 35 177 Chapter 36 180 Chapter 37 182 Chapter 38 183 Chapter 39 185 Chapter 40 187 Chapter 41 188 Chapter 42 190 Chapter 43 192 Chapter 44 194 Bibliography of Works Cited 197