GOMES EANNES DE See also:

• GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA (?-1474)

AZURARA (?-1474)  , the second notable Portuguese chronicler in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of date . He adopted the career of letters in See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• LIFE

life . He probably entered the royal library as assistant to Fernao See also:

• LOPES, FERNAO (138o?—1459?)

Lopes (q.v.) during the reign of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Duarte (1433-1438), and he had See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of it in 1452 . His See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle of the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

Siege and See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

Capture of See also:

• CEUTA (Arabic Sebta)

Ceuta, a supplement to the Chronicle of King See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John I., by Lopes, See also:

• DATES

dates from 1450, and three years later he completed the first draft of the Chronicle of the See also:

• DISCOVERY

Discovery and See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest of See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea, our authority for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Portuguese voyages of discovery down the See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and in the ocean, more especially for those undertaken under the auspices of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry the Navigator . It contains some See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the life See also:

• WORK

work of that prince, and has a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical as well as a See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• INTEREST

interest . On the 6th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1454 Azurarabecame See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief keeper of the archives and royal chronicler in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Fernao Lopes . In 1456 King See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso V. commissioned him to write the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Ceuta, " the See also:

• LAND

land-See also:

• GATE

gate of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East," under the governorship of D . Pedro de Menezes, from its capture in 1415 until 1437, and he had it ready in 1463 . A See also:

• YEAR

year afterwards the king charged him with a history of the deeds of D . Duarte de Menezes, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of Alcacer, and, proceeding to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, he spent a twelvemonth in the See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting materials and studying the scenes of the events he was to describe, and in 1468 he completed the chronicle . Alphonso corresponded with See also:

• AZURARA, GOMES EANNES DE (?-1474)

Azurara on terms of affectionate intimacy, and no less than three commendas of the order of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ rewarded his See also:

• LITERARY

literary services . He has little of the picturesque ingenuousness of Lopes, and loved to display his erudition by quotations and philosophical reflections, showing that he wrote under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the first See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance .

Nearly all the leading classical, early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian and See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval writers figure in his pages, and he was acquainted with the notable See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles and romances of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and had studied the best See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish authors . In addition, he had mastered the geographical See also:

• SYSTEM

system of the ancients and their See also:

• ASTROLOGY

astrology . As an historian he is laborious, accurate and conscientious, though his position did not allow him to tell the whole truth about his See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero, Prince Henry . His See also:

• WORKS

works include: (I) Chronica del Rei D . Joam I . See also:

• TERCEIRA

Terceira perte em que se contem a tomada de Ceuta (See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon, 1644) ; (2) Chronica do Descobrimento e Conquista de Guine (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1841; Eng. version in 2 vols. issued by the See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt Society, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1896-1899) ; (3) Chronica do See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde D . Pedro (de Menezes), printed in the Ineditos de Historic Portugueza, vol. ii . (Lisbon, 1792) ; (4) Chronica do Conde D . Duarte de Menezes, printed in the Ineditos, vol. iii . (Lisbon, 1793) . The See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English version of the Chronicle of Guinea contains a full account of the life and writings of Azurara and cites all the authorities . (E .