Os feitos de D. Fuas Roupinho na 'Crónica de 1419'

Abstract

<p> This study focuses on two specific chapters of the 1419 <em>Crónica de Portugal</em> (<em>Chronicle of Portugal</em>), dedicated to D. Fuas Roupinho’s heroic deeds. I made a thorough examination of the chronicle’s narratives where he played the leading role, aiming at a better understanding of the functionality that these reports incorporate, when framed in the global political-ideological purposes of the fifteenth century royal chronicles. On the other hand, I tried to draw up a short report on the state of the art regarding the recent process of making credible the historic character of D. Fuas Roupinho, initiated by a number of contemporary historians, and provide a general context of the historical background that has served as raw material for the formation of the account of the 1419 <em>Chronicle</em>, making use of elements revealed by other researchers. Finally, I tried to unveil new data on the supposed historical identity of the mythical Lusitanian “admiral”.</p>