Os prólogos de João de Barros: defesa de conceitos com tributo à antiguidade

Abstract

João de Barros who had an excellent knowledge of Classical Antiquity uses the prologues in Décadas da Ásia to put forward several concepts and positions that seemed adequate to his time and historical conceptions, but never refrains from including an array of references to both Latin and Greek literature that clearly show that not only is he familiar with these works but he also often adopts concepts that had been used by classical authors.