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Damião de Gois

The Life and Thought of a Portuguese Humanist, 1502–1574

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  1. Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. The Court of Manuel I

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Diplomat

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 12-22

  4. Gois’s Intellectual and Spiritual Development

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 23-37

  5. Damião de Gois and the Arts

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 38-49

  6. Gois and the Diplomatic Community

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 50-63

  7. Erasmus and Damião de Gois

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 64-89

  8. Italy (1534–1538)

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 90-114

  9. Louvain (1538–1544)

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 115-128

  10. Damião de Gois’s Humanist Thinking

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 129-159

  11. Humanism in Portugal Under John III (1521–1557)

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 160-190

  12. Damião de Gois’s Contribution to Historiography

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 191-207

  13. Trial and Death

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 208-220

  14. Epilogue

    • Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
    Pages 221-224

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 225-243
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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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Damião de Gois

  • Book Subtitle: The Life and Thought of a Portuguese Humanist, 1502–1574

  • Authors: Elisabeth Feist Hirsch

  • Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3488-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1967

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-0195-7Published: 31 July 1967

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3490-6Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3488-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0066-6610

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 243

  • Topics: History, general, Modern Philosophy

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