Públia Hortênsia de Castro
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Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595) was a scholar and humanist in the court of Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal.[1][2]
Born in 1548 in
King Philip II that he granted her a pension for life.[3]
She eventually left the court and joined an Augustine convent.[5] She died in Évora in 1595.[6]
Namesakes
In 1978, Lisbon honored de Castro by giving her name to a street in the area of Carnide.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780191038297.
- ^ a b Boxer, Charles Ralph (1981). João de Barros: Portuguese Humanist and Historian of Asia. Concept Publishing Company. p. 18.
- ^ ISBN 9780198185024.
- ISBN 9788496980723.
- ^ "Públia Hortênsia de Castro". Escritora: Women Writers Before 1900. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ Fonseca, Francisco da (1728), Evora Gloriosa (in Portuguese), p. 415
- ^ "Camara Municipal de Lisboa Edital N.17/78". 1978. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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