Aspectos do bilingüismo Português-Castelhano na época moderna

Ana Isabel Buescu

doi:10.3989/hispania.2004.v64.i216.195

Abstract

The importance of the Castilian language is undoubtedly a culturally important fact in Early Modern Portugal, particularly between the mid-fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. This essay highlights some aspects of this phenomenon, which, despite inevitable variations in different contexts, received significant expression in a number of fields of Portuguese culture and society — among them, the court, literature and intellectual culture, and politics. The importance of Castilian only began to decline in Portugal from the eighteenth century onwards, a fact that may be accounted for both by the relative loss of Spanish influence over Portugal, and by the ascent of a new cultural paradigm, mainly derived from French culture.

Highlights

The importance of the Castilian language is undoubtedly a culturally important fact in Early Modern Portugal, between the mid-fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries
This essay highlights some aspects of this phenomenon, which, despite inevitable variations in different contexts, received significant expression in a number of fields of Portuguese culture and society — among them, the court, literature and intellectual culture, and politics
The importance of Castilian only began to decline in Portugal from the eighteenth century onwards, a fact that may be accounted for both by the relative loss of Spanish influence over Portugal, and by the ascent ofa new culturalparadigm, mainly derivedfrom French culture

Summary

Introduction

The importance of the Castilian language is undoubtedly a culturally important fact in Early Modern Portugal, between the mid-fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries.

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