England raid Portugal for monastery's books (1596) - City of London Festival talk at Gresham College

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Having sacked Cadiz in 1596, Robert Devereux decided to stop off with his English forces in Portugal, so that they could take back to England the precious books from the Bishop of Faro's library.
Professor Earle explains why they made this detour and where the books can be found today.

This is a part of 'Portugal and England, 1386-2010: A complex web of political, economic and intellectual relations', by Professor Thomas Earle, King John II Professor of Portuguese Studies at the University of Oxford.
The full lecture is available for free download (along with all of our other lectures) in its complete form from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.

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