The portuguese court and the campaign for the publication for the Clavis Prophetarum of priest António Vieira (XVII-XVIIIth centuries)

Abstract

This article adresses a number of moments in the campaign for the publication of Priest António Vieira’s Clavis Prophetarum which took place in Portugal from the late XVII^th century to the middle XVIII^th century. Amongst the many promoters of such a campaign, it is worth hightlighting some players related to the Portuguese Court, such as Cangranor’s archbishop D. Diogo Justiniano, the kingdom’s grand inquistor Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde and a group of literati linked to the Academia Real de História, founded by D. João v in 1720.