Main masterpieces:
- Crónica da Tomada da Cidade de Ceuta (1644)
- Crónica do Conde D. Pedro de Meneses (1792)
- Crónica do Conde D. Duarte de Meneses (1793)
- Crónica do Descobrimento e Conquista de Guiné (1841)
Historical period in literature:
Medieval literature, period of courtly poets and chroniclers
The Artist's Prose
Zurara succeeded Lopes in 1454, and intended
to continue his plan of writing the chronicle of all the Portuguese kings until that date.
Literally less gifted Lopes,
Zurara had yet to hard him the fact of
report events more or less contemporary, resorting to not only oral testimonies, although
submitting them to a scrupulous examination. Zurara is valuable especially as the initiator
of the overseas expansion historiography, with the Chronicle about the capture of Ceuta (made in 1415) that will culminate on Os Lusíadas (1572).
His historiographic method differs from Fernão Lopes on some essential points, and results in a
reversal: he is concerned with
people, individuals, and not with social groups, testifying a chivalrous conception of history, meaning that isolated action of
the rider prevails over that of
the masses. Furthermore, he
shows susceptible to the influence
of classical culture, visible in quotes
and in certain phraseological tournaments.
Consulted sources:
Portal da Literatura Portuguesainfopédia_Zurara
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