Portugueses exiles during the Union of Iberian Crowns (1604-1605)

Author(s)

Bruno Romano Rodrigues

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2015-02-12

Examining board members

Ana Paula Torres Megiani; Sergio Alcides Pereira do Amaral; Luís Filipe Silverio Lima

• Advisor: Ana Paula Torres Megiani

Abstract

This current study thinks over the portuguese scholars exiled during the time period called by historiography as the Union of Iberian Crowns (1580-1640). For this purpose we will examine two literary works: D. João de Castro\'s (Lisbon, Portugal 1550? - Paris, France 1628?) Aurora (1604-1605), and Thomé Pinheiro da Veiga\'s (Coimbra, Portugal 1570 - ? 1656) Fastigimia (1608-1609?), to learn about their experiences, lived by each one, in Paris, France, and Valladolid, Spain, respectively. The study is ruled in contrasting this texts against the themes set up in Classical Antiquity, by roman poet Ovid (Sulmo/Sulmona, nowdays Italy 43 BC - Tomis/Constanta, nowdays Romania, 17/18 AD). Stating continuity with portuguese renaissance humanism tradition, D. João de Castro seems like to resort the Ovidian topics about implementing the memory through mithologycal or historical characters, through marking a twisted foreign life, and, a steady oscillation between hope and discincentive. Thomé Pinheiro da Veiga, by himself, handled, in litteraly terms, a strict awareness about time and space. Keeping this in mind, we can conclude that Castro\'s exile build an eschatological penance with individual and collective nature, while Veiga\'s stands by a methodical comparison amog the two kingdons of Iberian Peninsula. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/04828-0 - Portugueses exiles during the Union of Iberian Crowns (1604-1605)
• Grantee: Bruno Romano Rodrigues
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master