Bidspirit auction | HERCULANO (Alexandre). MONASTICON. Lisboa; Coimbra.

HERCULANO (Alexandre). MONASTICON. Lisboa; Coimbra. 1847-1882. - HERCULANO (Alexandre) MONASTICON . Eurico o Presbítero; O Monge de Cistér, ou a Epocha de D. João I. Lisboa; Coimbra: Na Imprensa Nacional; Imprensa da Universidade, 1847-1882. 3 v.; 170 e 190 mm. This collection comprises three volumes of the * Monasticon* , the name given by Alexandre Herculano (Lisbon, 1810 - Vale de Lobos, 1877) to his two medieval historical novels. *Eurico o Presbítero* was first published in 1844 and is set in the 8th century, during the Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. *O Monge de Cistér ou a Epocha de D. João I* was first published in 1848 and takes place in the 14th century, during the reign of King John I and the political upheavals surrounding the founding of the House of Aviz. Both narratives explore the issues of celibacy and religious vocation, with ecclesiastical characters torn between faith and human passions, giving the collection a thematic unity that justified the collective title. (Estimated.) ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate