Nuno Álvares Pereira

Description:

This book describes the life of Nuno Álvares Pereira, a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic, was beatified in 1918 and was canonised in 2009. Nuno Álvares Pereira was the perfect Christian warrior sworn to uphold the values of faith, loyalty, courage, and honour.

subjects: History,  biography,  nobility,  war,  warrior,  soldier,  Carmelites,  Christian saints,  saint,  Portugal

People: Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360-1431),  king John I of Portugal,  king John I of Castile

Places: Portugal,  Lisbon,  Aljubarrota,  Atoleiros,  Valverde

Times: Age of Discoveries,  1383-1385,  1360-1431,  The Middle Ages,  1383-1385 Crisis,  14th century,  15th century