{"product_id":"9780856683411","title":"Lopes: The English in Portugal 1383-1387","description":"It is astonishing that this is the first English translation of  these  Chronicles , as they are undoubtably amongst the finest produced in the Middle Ages and treat an important episode in the  Hundred Years War. Lopes' mastery of dramatic narrative and  picturesque description, so ably captured in this translation,  found a fit subject in the foreign interventions and the  revolutionary changes that took place in the second half of the  14th century in Portugal. What makes Lopes virtually unique as an  historian of that date is his insistence on the use of  documentary sources as he explains in his prologue to  The Chronicle of Dom Joao , something that he as the keeper of the Royal archives was able to practice so effectively. It seems  fitting that Fernao Lopes' great work should appear in a dual  language edition as a tribute to the six hundred years alliance,  whose beginning he so vividly recalls between the English and  Portuguese peoples.","brand":"Derek W. Lomax","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857704403262,"sku":"9780856683411","price":4914.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9780856683411_ee3c0036-a1d0-4424-bf43-bc6411446c8b.jpg?v=1715044406","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780856683411","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}