Biography

The illegitimate son of a canon of Coimbra and Evora, Gomes Eanes de Zurara worked at the court of King Duarte of Portugal (1433-38) as a curator of the royal archives. During the reign of Afonso V (1438-81), he was knighted and eventually became the kingdom’s chief chronicler. He composed a number of chronicles narrating the reigns of the Portuguese kings and in partic…