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    of his wife in 1455, he had at least one child out of wedlock with Maria Soares da Cunha, daughter of Afonso's major valet, Fernao de Sa Alcoforado:...
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    Leonor Teles (category Queens consort of Portugal)
    heiress of João Mendes de Vasconcelos and Aldara Afonso Alcoforado. Leonor had three full-siblings: two brothers—João Afonso Telo (6th Count of Barcelos...
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    Hilary (1997). "The Love Letters of Mariana Alcoforado". Cultura. 16 (14). Portugal portal Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica...
    32 KB (2,931 words) - 16:53, 1 July 2024
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    than the execution of the Livro do Armeiro-Mor. Frazão (fl 117r), upper left corner Teive (fl 117r), upper right corner Alcoforado (fl 117r), lower left...
    36 KB (4,514 words) - 10:14, 20 September 2023
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    to the Monastery of Tordesillas. This provided the Master of Aviz with further justification for the revolt because the terms of the Treaty of Salvaterra...
    60 KB (7,128 words) - 23:33, 8 June 2024
  • rise and persecution of Christianity in Rome Jan Twardowski – poet; became a priest in 1948 and a provost in 1959 Mariana Alcoforado – Poor Clares member;...
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    were scribes responsible for saving many texts from first times. The monasteries, where monks who knew how to read and write lived, provided an environment...
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  • women whose names are displayed on the handmade white tiles of the Heritage Floor as part of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party art installation (1979); there...
    266 KB (5,861 words) - 08:46, 3 August 2024