Francisco de Moraes Cabral, also spelled Francisco de Morais Cabral (1500? – 1572), was a Portuguese writer. Born in
Bragança, he served as personal secretary to the Portuguese ambassador in France, and composed, during two voyages to Paris (1540 and 1546), a
chivalric romance
As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalri ...
called ''
Palmeirim de Inglaterra''; ''Palmerin of England''), a "spin-off" of the popular ''
Amadís de Gaula
''Amadís de Gaula'' (in English ''Amadis of Gaul'') ( es, Amadís de Gaula, links=no, ); pt, Amadis de Gaula, links=no, ) is a Spanish landmark work among the chivalric romances which were in vogue in sixteenth-century, although its first ver ...
'' series.
Moraes' work would also obtain considerable success across Europe. Because of its title, it was particularly successful in England, where it was reprinted several times. A Spanish translation was made by Luis Hurtado in 1547, preceding the actual publication of the Portuguese text in 1567. It was translated from the Portuguese by
Eugène-François Garay de Montglave and can be found in
Eugène Renduel
Eugène Renduel (18 November 1798 – 19 October 1874) was a 19th-century French publisher.
Career
After he started working as a clerk by an " avoué" in Clamecy, he moved to Paris in 1819. First an employee by a bookseller, he established his ...
, ''Bibliothèque portugaise Warnier'', 1829, Paris, 4 vol.
He also wrote an autobiographical work called ''Desculpas de uns amores'', set in France, which was published posthumously in 1624. He died at
Évora
Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District.
Due to its well-preserved old ...
.
References
Auteurs: Francisco de Morais
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moraes, Francisco De
1500s births
1572 deaths
16th-century Portuguese people
Date of death missing
People from Bragança, Portugal
Portuguese Renaissance writers
Moras, Fancisco de
Year of birth uncertain