15 June 2015
Though we think of King Arthur as archetypically British, the spread of the Arthurian legends was international, extending, among other places, to the Iberian Peninsula, where they had a deep influence and inspired such literary works as the chivalric romances parodied by Cervantes in Don Quixote. Iberia was also the conduit through which these legends […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World
13 June 2015
With Pessoa’s digitized private library online, the importance of English to Pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years: numerous English authors served as the bedrock from which his poetic sensibility emerged, developed and soared. In fact, a significant amount of Pessoa’s writings in English and in Portuguese (including those attributed to his heteronyms […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Portugal, South Africa, World
11 June 2015
By Len Port, Contributor(*) Just as the international news was getting really bleak and boring along comes Sepp Blatter to cheer things up and add to our waning excitement over former Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates. It turns out that apart from anything else, the diminutive Blatter is a dirty old man and nearly got […]
10 June 2015
First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal’s voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation. At the centre of The Lusiads is Vasco da Gama’s pioneer voyage via southern Africa to India in 1497-98. The first European artist to cross the equator, Camões’s narrative […]
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09 June 2015
Joining the Day of Portugal celebrations, on behalf of President Obama, the Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement to the press congratulating the people of Portugal on the occasion of June 10, Portugal National Day. The statement says: ON THE OCCASION OF PORTUGAL DAY On behalf of President Obama and the people of […]
09 June 2015
Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) was one of the first books to take advantage of the close relationship between medicine, trade and empire in the early modern period. The book was printed in Goa, the capital of the Portuguese empire in the East, and the city where the […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Damão, Diu, Featured, Goa, Heritage, People, Portugal, Travel, World
