RUY DE See also:

• RUY DE PINA (1440-1521)

PINA (1440-1521)  , Portuguese chronicler, was a native of See also:

• GUARDA

Guarda . He acted as secretary of the See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy sent by 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 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 II. to See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1482, and in the following See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September returned there as See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BRAGANZA (Braganca)

Braganza at See also:

• EVORA

Evora in 1483, and in 1484 went to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome as secretary of an embassy to See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent VII . On his return, the king charged him to write a See also:

• HISTORY

history of his reign and gave him a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension for his support . Following the arrival of See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus from his first voyage in 1493, See also:

• PINA, RUY DE (1440-1521)

Pina was one of the commissaries despatched to See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona by John II. to negotiate with the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic sovereigns respecting the limits of their, respective jurisdictions . In September 1495 he attested the will of John II. in his capacity as a See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary public, and on the 25th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was present at his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's See also:

• DEATH

death at Alvor and opened and read his testament . King Manoel confirmed his pension and appointed him in 1497 chronicler of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, keeper of the archives and royal librarian, with a suitable See also:

• SALARY

salary . By 1504 Pina had completed his See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles of See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso V. and John II . King John III. charged him with a history of his See also:

• FATHER

father, Manoel, and at his death Pina had carried it down to the See also:

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

capture of Azamor, as we know from Damiao de Goes, who used it in preparing his own See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of that monarch . It is probable that the chronicles of the See also:

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

early See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal from Sancho I. to Alphonso IV. which were published under Pina's name in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century were written by Fernao See also:

• LOPES, FERNAO (138o?—1459?)

Lopes and edited by Pina, while that of King Duarte seems to have been the See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of Lopes and See also:

• AZURARA, GOMES EANNES DE (?-1474)

Azurara, with Pina again as the editor only . Pina was a favourite of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune during his See also:

• LIFE

life, for, apart from royal benefactions, he received presents from public men who wished to figure well in his books, and after his death he obtained the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit for See also:

• WORK

work that was not his . His authority as an historian is considerable, and his frankness is said to have provoked remark from contemporaries .

Pina's chronicle of King Alphonso IV. was first published in See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon in 1853; those of King Duarte and King Alphonso V. in vol. i. of the Collecilo de livros ineditos da historia portugueza (Lisbon, 179o), and his chronicle of John II. in vol. ii. of the same collection (Lisbon, 1792) . The introduction to the chronicle of King Duarte contains the fullest See also:

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

account of Pina's life . (E .