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RODRIGUES (Bernardo). ANAIS de Arzila: Crónica Inédita do Século XVI. Lisboa. 1915. - RODRIGUES (Bernardo) ANAIS de Arzila: Crónica Inédita do Século XVI . Publicada [...] sob a Direcção de David Lopes. Lisboa: Academia das Sciências de Lisboa, 1915. 2 v.: il.; 330 mm. An unpublished chronicle written by Bernardo Rodrigues, a resident of Arzila and eyewitness to the events he narrates since 1508, when, as a child, he began to memorize life in the Portuguese stronghold, participating himself, from 1523 onwards, in various trades and missions in the service of the captains of Arzila. Edited by David Lopes, who would use it as the main source for his own History of Arzila , the chronicle narrates year by year the military, social and daily life of the town between 1508 and 1535, being completed, in the second volume, by a documentary supplement that extends the narrative until 1550, the year of the definitive abandonment of Arzila by the Portuguese in the face of the advance of the sharifs. Published by order of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences as part of the commemorations of the 5th Centenary of the Capture of Ceuta, it is a primary source of the highest order, still unique in its kind, for the history of the Portuguese presence in North Africa. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate