Medievalists.net » Portugal http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Medieval Lisbon: Jerónimos Monastery http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/medieval-lisbon-jeronimos-monastery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/medieval-lisbon-jeronimos-monastery/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:54:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62002 Of the four medieval #placestosee in Lisbon, Jerónimos Monastery, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, was my favourite. The monastery is located in Belém, a suburb of Lisbon, that is famous for the 16th century monastery, as well as for its world famous pastry shop, Pastéis de Belém...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/19/medieval-lisbon-carmo-monastery/feed/ 0 Medieval Lisbon: A Visit to Lisbon Cathedral http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/medieval-lisbon-a-visit-to-lisbon-cathedral/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/medieval-lisbon-a-visit-to-lisbon-cathedral/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61825 In Part 2 of my 4 part look at Medieval Lisbon, I explore the city’s oldest building: Sé de Lisbon, Lisbon Cathedral

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/feed/ 0 Why Did Valarte Die? Death of a Danish Knight during Expedition to West Africa in mid-15th Century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/why-did-valarte-die-death-of-a-danish-knight-during-expedition-to-west-africa-in-mid-15th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/why-did-valarte-die-death-of-a-danish-knight-during-expedition-to-west-africa-in-mid-15th-century/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:09:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60527 'The fame of their affair having spread through the different parts of the world, it arrived at the Court of the King of Denmark and Sweden and Norway; and as you see how noble men venture themselves with the desire to see and know such things'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/07/the-atlas-miller/feed/ 0 Philippa Langley: The End of Richard III and the Beginning of Henry I http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57188 Amidst all the excitement, and the whirlwind that was Richard III's reburial in Leicester, I managed to catch up with one of the world's most famous Ricardians, 'the Kingfinder', Philippa Langley.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/feed/ 0 The Universal Atlas of Fernão Vaz Dourado http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/09/universal-atlas-fernao-vaz-dourado/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/09/universal-atlas-fernao-vaz-dourado/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:29:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56007 Vaz Dourado authored at least four different nautical atlases, each of them including 20 maps, painted between 1568 and 1580, which is to say at the pinnacle of Portuguese cartography.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/09/universal-atlas-fernao-vaz-dourado/feed/ 0 Besteiros Do Conto (Crossbowmen): Organization, abuses of power and irregularities during the reign of Dom João I (1385-1433) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/besteiros-conto-crossbowmen-organization-abuses-power-irregularities-reign-dom-joao-1385-1433/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/besteiros-conto-crossbowmen-organization-abuses-power-irregularities-reign-dom-joao-1385-1433/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:04:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54332 The aim of this paper is to examine an aspect of social life linked to one of the most important and original forms of military organization in the whole of Portuguese history—the besteiros do conto (crossbowmen).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/besteiros-conto-crossbowmen-organization-abuses-power-irregularities-reign-dom-joao-1385-1433/feed/ 0 Anatomy of a Crusade: The De Expugnatione Lyxbonensi and the Lisbon Crusade of 1147 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/anatomy-crusade-de-expugnatione-lyxbonensi-lisbon-crusade-1147/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/anatomy-crusade-de-expugnatione-lyxbonensi-lisbon-crusade-1147/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:54:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53859 This paper will argue that the author crafted the speeches largely after the fact, and that Raol was able to graft ecclesiastical crusade theory onto the siege. In effect, he was able to marry a military success to the growing body of crusade propaganda.

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