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PINTO (Américo Cortez). DIÓNISOS Poeta e Rey. Lisboa. 1982. - PINTO (Américo Cortez) DIÓNISOS Poeta e Rey . Os costumes a arte e a vida medieval portuguesa da época de D.Dinis. Lisboa: Instituto De Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1982. 446 pp.: il.; 240 mm. First edition. Américo Cortez Pinto (Leiria, 1896 - Cascais, 1979), physician and poet, was a professor of Hygiene and director of Social Services at the Portuguese Institute of Rheumatology, a contributor to the Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira and the Enciclopédia Verbo , and the author of extensive historical and literary research. Awarded the Antero de Quental (1941) and Alexandre Herculano (1948) prizes, he published, among other titles, Da Famosa Arte da Imprimissão (1948) and A Presença da Virgem na Literatura Portuguesa (1953). Dionysus, Poet and King is his last and most extensive work of historical research, dedicated to the study of Portuguese customs, art, and life during the reign of King Denis (1261-1325) – a monarch celebrated as a troubadour poet and patron of literature, whom the author refers to by the Hellenized name Dionysus. The work covers the Dionysian court and cultural life, Galician-Portuguese troubadour lyric poetry, royal patronage, and the founding of the University. Illustrated. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate