Jesus (Friar Rafael de)
Original title: Jesus (Fr. Rafael de)
Portuguese friar and writer (1614–1693) whose 'Castrioto Lusitano' (1679) recounts the life and deeds of the Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira in the restoration of Pernambuco.
He was born in 1614 and died in 1693. Despite his shortcomings as a man of letters and as a historian, he enjoyed renown in his day. Among other works, he wrote one that concerns the history of this archipelago and that ran to two editions. The 1st edition is entitled: Castrioto Lusitano. Entrepresa e restauração de Pernambuco e das capitanias confinantes. Vários e bellicos successos entre portuguezes e belgas, acontecidos pelo decurso de 24 anos, tirados de noticias, relações e memórias certas. Oferecidos a João Fernandes Vieira, Castrioto Lusitano; Lisbon, 1679. It describes the life and heroic deeds of the illustrious Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira, whom we have already discussed in this Elucidário.
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- Lisbon
Portugal. Place of publication of the first edition in 1679.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Pernambuco
Brazil. Brazilian captaincy whose restoration from the Dutch is the subject of the book.
A Brazilian captaincy invaded by the Dutch and restored by the Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira, with other Madeirans fighting there. From 1637 Madeira paid a war levy for its recovery. It was also a diocese whose first bishop was D. Estevão Brioso.
People
People mentioned · 02- Rafael de Jesus1614–1693
Portuguese friar and historian, author of 'Castrioto Lusitano' (1679) on João Fernandes Vieira.
- João Fernandes Vieirad. 1681
Illustrious Madeiran whose heroic deeds in the restoration of Pernambuco are described in the 'Castrioto Lusitano'.