Edited by Amélia P. Hutchinson, Juliet Perkins, Philip Krummrich and Teresa Amado
Introduction
1. Fernão Lopes the Father of Portuguese Historiography, Chris Given-Wilson
2. Fernão Lopes and the Writing of Late Medieval Portuguese, Nicholas Round
3. The Chronicle of King Pedro of Portugal: Historical Context, David Green
THE CHRONICLE OF KING PEDRO OF PORTUGAL
Bibliography of works cited
Volume I of the first complete English translation of the chronicles of Fernão Lopes covers the reign of Pedro I (1357-67), dubbed both 'the Just' and 'the Cruel', including his dealings with the kingdom of Castile, the war between Castile and Aragon and the revenge he took on the men who murdered the woman he loved, Inês de Castro.