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Damiao de Gois - The Life and Thought of a Portuguese Humanist, 1502-1574 (Hardcover, 1967 ed.)
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Damiao de Gois - The Life and Thought of a Portuguese Humanist, 1502-1574 (Hardcover, 1967 ed.)
Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees, 19
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Scholars have given relatively little attention to
sixteenth-century Portuguese humanism, although Portugal's vital
influence on the humanistic thirst for learning has been readily
acknowledged. Through her heroic explorations of distant lands and
dangerous sea routes, Portugal infected many humanists with the
excitement of discovery, none more than Damiao de Gois, Portuguese
student of history. Gois, although generally little known, was - in
his life and finally as a victim of the Inquisition in Portugal -
thoroughly representative of the course of sixteenth-century
Erasmian humanism in Portugal; in addition he deserves recognition
in his own right as a contributor to modern historiography.
Portugal's explorations and the atmosphere of passion for discovery
that prevailed in Lisbon had as strong an influence on Gois during
his early years as that of the school of Erasmus, the "prince of
humanists" who was eventually to become his personal friend and
guide. Gois's two great chronicles of the Portuguese kings John II
and Ma nuel I culminated a life spent as diplomat, composer, art
collector, articulate pleader for religious tolerance, and
scrupulous student of history. A factual report of Gois's life - in
the main outlines accurate but not complete - exists in Portuguese,
and a short resume of his life has been published in English, but
so far no full study has been available in any language."
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