Both “illness and temptation of the enemy”: melancholy, the medieval patient and the writings of King Duarte of Portugal (r. 1433–38)

Recent historians have rehabilitated King Duarte of Portugal, previously maligned and neglected, as an astute ruler and philosopher. There is still a tendency, however, to view Duarte as a depressive or a hypochondriac, due to his own description of his melancholy in his advice book, the Loyal Counselor. This paper reassesses Duarte's writings, drawing on key approaches in the history of medicine, such as narrative medicine and the history of the patient. It is important to take Duarte's views on his condition seriously, placing them in the medical and theological contexts of his time and avoiding modern retrospective diagnosis. Duarte's writings can be used to explore the impact of plague, doubt and death on the life of a well-educated and conscientious late-medieval ruler

Mundos em miniatura: aproximação a alguns aspectos da cartografia portuguesa do Brasil (séculos XVI a XVIII)

This paper discusses the challenges of "miniaturizing" the world in Portuguese cartography at the dawn of the Modern Age. It draws attention to the process of amassing experience and geographic knowledge, and their deployment in the cartographic representations of Brazil throughout the first three centuries of its colonization

The chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea.

Paged continuously; v. 1: xii, ixvii, [1], 127 p.: v. 2: 4 p. l., cl, [129]-362 p.Bibliography: vol. I, p. iiii-ixvii.v. 1. (Chapters I-XL) With an introduction on the life and writings of the chronicler [by] E. Prestage.--v. 2. (chapters XLL-XCVII) With an introduction on the early history of African exploration, cartography, etc. [by C.R. Beazley]Mode of access: Internet