O cancioneiro portuguez da Vaticana

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braga, Teófilo, 1843-1924

Language:

Portuguese

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Other Title:

O cancioneiro português da Vaticana

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Language Note:

This ebook uses a 19th century spelling

Summary:

"O cancioneiro portuguez da Vaticana" by Teófilo Braga is a scholarly publication written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a critical study and analysis of the "Cancioneiro Portuguez" housed in the Vatican Library, which encapsulates a significant portion of lyrical poetry from the late middle ages in Portugal. The book sheds light on the historical connections between this collection and other contemporary Portuguese lyrical works, exploring its literary significance and the cultural context in which it was produced. In the book, Braga examines the wealth of historical and poetic content found within the "Cancioneiro Portuguez," positioning it as a crucial document for understanding Portuguese literary heritage. He discusses the relationships between this collection and other known cancioneros from the 13th and 14th centuries, noting the prominent troubadours whose works feature in the text. Throughout, he emphasizes the importance of these songs in illustrating the social and historical currents of medieval Portuguese society, while advocating for a renewed study and appreciation of the nation's literary treasures that were long overlooked. Overall, Braga's work is a call to recognize and revitalize Portugal's rich poetic legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Distributed Proofreaders Europe, http://dp.rastko.net Project by Carlo Traverso and Moises Gaudencio This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr

Notes:

Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancioneiro_da_Biblioteca_Vaticana

Produced by Distributed Proofreaders Europe, http://dp.rastko.net Project by Carlo Traverso and Moises Gaudencio This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr.

Release date is 2004-02-01