PILGRIMS OF ETERNITY | MEDIEVAL IBERIAN CHRONICLES (HOW THE DYNASTY THAT LAUNCHED PORTUGAL INTO THE WORLD WAS BORN)

"In my first encounter with the book [Pilgrims of Eternity], and influenced by the title, I thought it was a work of fiction. However, as I began reading the first page... I couldn't put it down. In fact, it's not a historical novel, but rather a collection of interpretations based on Portuguese and Spanish chronistic sources. Yet, it has the great virtue of being as captivating to read as a novel. Or rather, as engaging as a very well-written novel! It is a mature, critical, and balanced work of reflection on a range of subjects that have often been approached without the necessary questioning and doubts that the sources present and, above all, without the humanism that I believe is essential. This work encompasses all of that. The literary style does not diminish its scientific value; on the contrary, it enhances and appeals to the readership, stimulating them—it is a pleasure to read."

CARLA VARELA FERNANDES (Historian and University Professor, 2003)

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INDEX

Introduction

PART ONE - THE SIAMESE OF IBERIA

1st Chronicle - Approaching a Royal Portrait

2nd Chronicle - Bewitched Loves

3rd Chronicle - The War of the Women

4th Chronicle - The Word of Allah

5th Chronicle - Allah in Hispania

6th Chronicle - Last Stronghold in Granada

7th Chronicle - Alfonso XI Against Islam

8th Chronicle - Ladies in Their Places

9th Chronicle - Salado - The Vespers

10th Chronicle - Salado - The Massacre

PART TWO - PASSIONS OF PERDITION

11th Chronicle - Inês de Castro

12th Chronicle - Ancient Hatreds of Afonso IV

13th Chronicle - The Ghosts of Albuquerque

14th Chronicle - The End of El Onceno

15th Chronicle - The Hour of the Humiliated

16th Chronicle - The Revenge of Maria of Portugal

17th Chronicle - A Taste of Power and Blood

18th Chronicle - Maria de Padilla

19th Chronicle - A Troubled Favorite

PART THREE - THE DAYS OF JUDGMENT

20th Chronicle - Castilian Rebels in Portugal

21st Chronicle - Inês in the Storm

22nd Chronicle - All for Blanche of Bourbon

23rd Chronicle - The King and the Phantom Captain

24th Chronicle - A Fallen Heron by the Banks of the Mondego

25th Chronicle - Pedro and the Dead Queen

26th Chronicle - The Falcon's Dive

27th Chronicle - King-Beast

28th Chronicle - Struggle for a Crown

29th Chronicle - From Montiel to Alcobaça

PART FOUR - THE NEW GENERATION

30th Chronicle - A Beautiful and Gentle Heir

31st Chronicle - Portuguese Adventure in Castile

32nd Chronicle - Fernando in the Web of Leonor Teles

33rd Chronicle - Leonor and the Magic Throne

34th Chronicle - The English Partner

35th Chronicle - New Portuguese-Castilian War

36th Chronicle - The Crime of João de Castro

PART FIVE - TIMES OF REVOLUTION

37th Chronicle - Foreigners in Iberia

38th Chronicle - War and Comedy

39th Chronicle - Leonor's Bad Reputation

40th Chronicle - The Scare of João de Avis

41st Chronicle - Changing Partners

42nd Chronicle - Hand in Hand with Castile

43rd Chronicle - Throne Without a King

44th Chronicle - Death Sentence

45th Chronicle - Once Upon a Time, the Count Andeiro

46th Chronicle - João de Avis among Bourgeoisie and Baldheads

PART SIX - BIRTH OF A DYNASTY

47th Chronicle - The Visit of Juan I of Castile

48th Chronicle - Abdication and Rebellion

49th Chronicle - Leonor to the End

50th Chronicle - A Kingdom on the Razor's Edge

51st Chronicle - Nun'Álvares and the Barking Beast

52nd Chronicle - The Siege of Lisbon

53rd Chronicle - João de Avis, King

54th Chronicle - Nuno at the Gates of Eternity

55th Chronicle - Aljubarrota

EPILOGUE - DESTINIES AND DESCENDANTS

Notes to the Text

Dynasties of Portugal

The Iberian Peninsula in the 14th Century (Map)

Bibliography