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CARVALHO (Joaquim de). ESTUDOS SOBRE a Cultura Portuguesa do Século XVI. Coimbra. 1947. - CARVALHO (Joaquim de) ESTUDOS SOBRE a Cultura Portuguesa do Século XVI . Coimbra: Por Ordem da Universidade, 1947. 2 v.; 220 mm. First edition. Complete set in two volumes, published by order of the University of Coimbra, bringing together studies by Joaquim de Carvalho on Portuguese Renaissance culture, the period to which he dedicated the essential part of his research. These studies address the intellectual, philosophical, and scientific life of 16th-century Portugal, paying particular attention to the activities of the University of Coimbra and the contribution of the Discoveries to the renewal of knowledge, at a time when the experience of navigation challenged the authority of the ancients. A reference work for the history of ideas, science, and cultural institutions in Portugal, it is continuously cited in studies on Portuguese humanism and the Renaissance. It is complemented by the same author's Studies on Portuguese Culture of the 15th Century . Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate