He was 77 years old. He was at the head of the Portuguese Academy of History since 2006.
Historian Manuela Mendonça, president of the Portuguese Academy of History, died this Thursday, aged 77, the institution’s vice-president, Miguel Monteiro, announced in a statement.
With a degree and PhD in Modern and Contemporary History from the University of Lisbon, Manuela Mendonça eHe was at the head of the Portuguese Academy of History since 2006according to his biography.
Manuela Rosa Coelho Mendonça de Matos Fernandes was born in S. Cristóvão, Montemor-o-Novo, on February 12, 1948.
Specialist in the Portuguese Low Middle Agesher work also stands out in the context of peninsular relations at the same time, having been a professor in the History Department of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon.
Between 1990 and 1996, she was deputy director general of the National Archives of Torre do Tombo.
In his work, titles such as “D. João II. A Human and Political Path in the Origins of Modernity in Portugal” (1991), “The External Relations of Portugal at the End of the Middle Ages” (1994), “The Luso-Castilian War in the 15th Century. The Battle of Toro” (2006) and “History of the Kings of Portugal. From the Foundation to the Loss of Independence” (2010) stand out. coordinated.
A collaborator at the Diocesan Secretariat of Lisbon, of which she was vice-president, Manuela Mendonça belonged to the Comité Catholique International pour les Tsiganes.
According to the Portuguese Academy of History, Manuel Mendonça’s body will be in the mortuary chapel of the Church of Moscavide, on Saturday, the 27th, from 4:30 pm. The funeral will take place on Sunday, at the Olivais Cemeteryafter the body mass that begins at 1:00 p.m.
